Fallen Petals

Fallen Petals 1968

落花时节 là 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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Vocabulary

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管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台中 臺中 Tái zhōng Taichung, city in central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
光复 光復 Guāng fù Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County, east Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期五 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期四 星期四 Xīng qī sì Thursday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
龙山 龍山 Lóng shān Longshan District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Longshan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
说老实话 說老實話 shuō lǎo shi huà to be honest; to tell the truth; to be frank ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
阿里山 阿里山 Ā lǐ Shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan ∼HSK 3
大美人 大美人 dà měi rén gorgeous-looking woman ∼HSK 3
婚约 婚約 hūn yuē engagement; wedding contract ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
婚事 婚事 hūn shì wedding; marriage ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) ∼HSK 3
长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever ∼HSK 3
在台 在臺 zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
春假 春假 chūn jià spring break ∼HSK 3
心事重重 心事重重 xīn shì chóng chóng to have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety ∼HSK 3
点钟 點鐘 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
老地方 老地方 lǎo dì fāng same place as before; usual place; stomping ground ∼HSK 3
星期几 星期幾 xīng qī jǐ which day of the week ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
总督 總督 zǒng dū governor-general; viceroy; governor ∼HSK 3
吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
米汤 米湯 mǐ tāng water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out ∼HSK 3
突围 突圍 tū wéi to break a siege; to break out of an enclosure ∼HSK 3
突然间 突然間 tū rán jiān suddenly ∼HSK 3
养伤 養傷 yǎng shāng to heal a wound; to recuperate (from an injury) ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
抓走 抓走 zhuā zǒu to arrest ∼HSK 3
搬走 搬走 bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
讯 訊 xùn inquire; ask; examine; reproach ∼HSK 3
痛痛快快 痛痛快快 tòng tong kuài kuài immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
大使馆 大使館 dà shǐ guǎn embassy HSK 3
邮票 郵票 yóu piào (postage) stamp HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
景色 景色 jǐng sè scenery; scene; landscape; view HSK 3
报到 報到 bào dào to report for duty; to check in; to register HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3