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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| 旅馆 旅館 | hotel | |
| 手续 手續 | procedure; formalities | |
| 衬衫 襯衫 | shirt; blouse | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 补充 補充 | to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary | |
| 决心 決心 | determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 相似 相似 | similar; alike | |
| 分配 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 完整 完整 | complete; intact | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 服装 服裝 | dress; clothing; costume; clothes | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 重大 重大 | great; important; major; significant | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 不得不 不得不 | have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 美好 美好 | beautiful; fine | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim |