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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| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 曼 曼 | long, extended, vast; beautiful | |
| 旗 旂 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 弹药 彈藥 | ammunition | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 三轮车 三輪車 | pedicab; tricycle | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 单身汉 單身漢 | bachelor; single man | |
| 大伙 大夥 | everybody; everyone; we all | |
| 酒量 酒量 | capacity for liquor; how much one can drink | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 忆 憶 | remember, reflect upon; memory | |
| 隔天 隔天 | the next day; on alternate days | |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 无期 無期 | unspecified period; in the indefinite future; no fixed time; indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) | |
| 大妈 大媽 | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) | |
| 开花 開花 | to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish | |
| 下楼 下樓 | to go downstairs | |
| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 动摇 動搖 | to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to | |
| 树林 樹林 | Shulin city in New Taipei City 市, Taiwan | |
| 准时 準時 | on time; punctual; on schedule | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 发烧 發燒 | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever | |
| 童年 童年 | childhood | |
| 赞成 贊成 | to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 前途 前途 | prospects; future outlook; journey | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 同情 同情 | to sympathize with; sympathy | |
| 无限 無限 | unlimited; unbounded | |
| 哪怕 哪怕 | even; even if; even though; no matter how | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 怀念 懷念 | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 负担 負擔 | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 遇见 遇見 | to meet | |
| 沉默 沉默 | taciturn; uncommunicative; silent | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 医学 醫學 | medicine; medical science; study of medicine | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 移 移 | to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove | |
| 度过 度過 | to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 祝福 祝福 | blessings; to wish sb well | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure |