Farewell to a Warrior

Farewell to a Warrior 1976

辞郎洲 cí láng zhōu

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.

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国耻 國恥 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria ∼HSK 6
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate HSK 6
常年 常年 cháng nián all year round; for years on end; average year HSK 6
好似 好似 hǎo sì to seem; to be like HSK 6
舟 舟 zhōu boat HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
起义 起義 qǐ yì uprising; insurrection; revolt HSK 6
船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship; boat; vessel HSK 6
傍晚 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk HSK 6
奏 奏 zòu to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
昏 昏 hūn muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness HSK 6
坡 坡 pō slope; sloping; slanted HSK 6
识 識 shí to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] HSK 6
便是 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
翼 翼 Yì surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) HSK 6
渡 渡 dù to cross; to pass through; to ferry HSK 6
种种 種種 zhǒng zhǒng all kinds of HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
担忧 擔憂 dān yōu to worry; to be concerned HSK 6
洋 洋 yáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin HSK 6
一同 一同 yī tóng together HSK 6
番 番 fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6
难忘 難忘 nán wàng unforgettable HSK 6
炮 炮 bāo to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating HSK 6
驻 駐 zhù to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) HSK 6
横 橫 héng horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent HSK 6
箭 箭 jiàn arrow HSK 6
吊 吊 diào to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person HSK 6
扑 撲 pū to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over HSK 6
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
虽 雖 suī although; even though HSK 6
救援 救援 jiù yuán to save; to support; to help; to assist HSK 6
海洋 海洋 hǎi yáng ocean HSK 6
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
牵 牽 qiān to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in HSK 6
策划 策劃 cè huà to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner HSK 6
狠 狠 hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
一番 一番 yì fān Some HSK 6
播 播 bō to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] HSK 6
踏 踏 tā see 踏实 HSK 6
险 險 xiǎn danger; dangerous; rugged HSK 6
猛 猛 měng ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome HSK 6
遭遇 遭遇 zāo yù to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience HSK 6
偏 偏 piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6
蒙 濛 méng drizzle; mist HSK 6