Farewell to a Warrior 1976
辞郎洲
Disillusioned by years of futile bloodshed, General Chang Ta initially refuses the emperor’s call to defend the collapsing dynasty. It is his wife, Chen Pi-niang, a woman of exceptional intelligence and resolve, who urges him to answer his duty. At Tzu Lang Chow, she bids him farewell with a lock of her hair, a symbol of devotion and sacrifice, as he marches toward a seemingly hopeless battle. While Chang Ta fights at the front, Chen Pi-niang organizes local militias and leads a daring volunteer fleet of fishing boats to deliver supplies and strike the enemy. As defeat closes in and betrayal looms, husband and wife each face their fate with unyielding loyalty to their country.
Vocabulary
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| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 形势 形勢 | circumstances; situation; terrain | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 独自 獨自 | alone | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 夫妇 夫婦 | a (married) couple; husband and wife | |
| 含 含 | to keep in the mouth; to contain | |
| 无数 無數 | countless; numberless; innumerable | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank | |
| 移 移 | to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 引 引 | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 获 獲 | (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 面临 面臨 | to face sth; to be confronted with | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 移动 移動 | to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order |