Fallen Petals 1968
落花时节
Taiwan's most glamorous screen couple, Ko Chun-Hsiung and Chang Mei-Yao, co-star in "Fallen Petals", a romance with the unique setting of Taiwan during World War II, when the island was a colony of Japan. Ko is drafted into the Japanese army and forced to leave his pregnant girlfriend behind. When he is presumably killed in action, Chang becomes a cabaret girl to support their baby. Thanks to director Pan Lei's sensitive scenario, the dramatic outcome is far from predictable.
Vocabulary
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| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 下个 下個 | second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 对我来说 對我來說 | as far as I'm concerned | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 拿下 拿下 | to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 真爱 真愛 | true love | |
| 老年人 老年人 | old people; the elderly | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 一等 一等 | first class; grade A | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 最少 最少 | at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal | |
| 汉奸 漢奸 | traitor (to China) | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 校歌 校歌 | school song | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 今早 今早 | this morning | |
| 天明 天明 | dawn; daybreak | |
| 凋谢 凋謝 | to wither; to wilt; wizened | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more |