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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| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 缺乏 缺乏 | to lack; to be short of | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 寒酸 寒酸 | wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 玉兰 玉蘭 | Yulan magnolia | Proper Noun |
| 万华 萬華 | Wanhua District of Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 太平洋战争 太平洋戰爭 | Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 | Proper Noun |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 庄 莊 | village, hamlet; villa, manor | |
| 警报 警報 | (fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning | |
| 怪人 怪人 | strange person; eccentric | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 局外 局外 | outside (a group etc); not connected (with an event etc); external | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 个例 個例 | specific example; rare instance | |
| 非但 非但 | not only | |
| 花季 花季 | youthful time; prime of youth; flowering season | |
| 乖乖 乖乖 | (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie | |
| 有罪 有罪 | guilty |