Fallen Petals

Fallen Petals 1968

huā shíjié

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.

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gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
ér daughter HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism HSK 1
chàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant HSK 1
liù six; 6 HSK 1
chū to go out HSK 1
xià afternoon; p.m. HSK 1
jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet HSK 1
shēn the body; one's health; in person HSK 1
Zhōng guó China HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
de to remember HSK 1
bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
ér zi son HSK 1
xué sheng student; schoolchild HSK 1
kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
five; 5 HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1
how; which HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1
cuò mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver HSK 1
ma mama; mommy; mother HSK 1
èr second; number two; next; secondary HSK 1
duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
ma; mom; mother HSK 1
wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
four; 4 HSK 1
huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
míng tiān tomorrow HSK 1
shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1
zǎo early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely HSK 1
Zuò surname Zuo HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread HSK 1
xué xiào school HSK 1