Immortal Story 1986
海上花
Set in the then Portuguese colony of Macau, IMMORTAL STORY depicts the story of the love affair between a small time chanteuse and her Japanese beau. They met when both were young and pretty and again many years later when he had became a drug addict and she a fallen woman.
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Vocabulary
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| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 抛 拋 | to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 探 探 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | |
| 婚姻 婚姻 | matrimony; wedding; marriage | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 寻开心 尋開心 | to make fun of; to seek diversion | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 这般 這般 | in this way | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 水纹 水紋 | ripples | |
| 永生永世 永生永世 | 永: long, perpetual, eternal, forever · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 永: long, perpetual, eternal, forever · 世: generation; world; era | |
| 孤寒 孤寒 | alone and poor; humble; (Cantonese) miserly | |
| 犯忌 犯忌 | to violate a taboo | |
| 奉劝 奉勸 | may I offer a bit of advice | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 顺道 順道 | on the way | |
| 拘留所 拘留所 | detention center; prison | |
| 赶不及 趕不及 | not enough time (to do sth); too late (to do sth) | |
| 拍拖 拍拖 | (dialect) to date sb | |
| 歌喉 歌喉 | singing voice | |
| 谈妥 談妥 | to come to terms; to reach an agreement | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 辩方 辯方 | (law) the defense | |
| 退席 退席 | to absent oneself from a meeting; to decline to attend | |
| 榨取 榨取 | to extract; to squeeze out (juice etc); (fig.) to exploit | |
| 毒瘾 毒癮 | drug addiction | |
| 柔情 柔情 | gentle feelings; tender sentiments | |
| 徜徉 徜徉 | to wander about unhurriedly; to linger; to loiter | |
| 臂弯 臂彎 | crook of the arm | |
| 缠绵 纏綿 | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) | |
| 浪花 浪花 | spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life | |
| 波浪 波浪 | wave | |
| 夺取 奪取 | to seize; to capture; to wrest control of | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 杰出 傑出 | outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 吸毒 吸毒 | to take drugs |