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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xiǎo de to know HSK 6
shēn shēn deep; profound HSK 6
cán cruel; cruelty HSK 6
zhé xué philosophy HSK 6
to attempt; to try; attempt HSK 6
yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation HSK 6
to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker HSK 6
tóng identical; the same HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
xiào róng smile; smiling expression HSK 6
zōng jiào religion HSK 6
dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as HSK 6
chēng to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support HSK 6
kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
lonely; solitary HSK 6
yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive; to pardon HSK 6
zhì as for; as to; to go so far as to HSK 6
excessive HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
Sāi Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 HSK 6
tuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on HSK 6
jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
duì army; armed forces; troops; force; unit HSK 6
hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
dǎo island HSK 6
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
as; as if; such as HSK 6
chí le late Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
Jīn ferry; saliva; ford ∼HSK 5
zhé wise, sagacious; wise man, sage ∼HSK 5
zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
zhèng to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) ∼HSK 5
zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
wéi but, however, nevertheless; only ∼HSK 5
kind, charitable, benevolent ∼HSK 5
diāo be withered, fallen; exhausted ∼HSK 5
姿 姿 beauty; disposition; looks; appearance ∼HSK 5
yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) ∼HSK 5
gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5