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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 广东话 廣東話 | Cantonese language | Proper Noun |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 交际花 交際花 | (female) social butterfly; socialite; courtesan | |
| 案发 案發 | (of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered; to investigate a crime on the spot | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 普普通通 普普通通 | ordinary; mediocre; nothing special | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 警察局 警察局 | police station; police department; police headquarters | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 有型 有型 | stylish | |
| 禁 禁 | restrict, prohibit, forbid | |
| 寄出 寄出 | to mail; to send by post | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 天色 天色 | color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 杰 傑 | hero; heroic, outstanding | |
| 天呀 天呀 | Heavens!; My goodness! | |
| 无名 無名 | nameless; obscure | |
| 打针 打針 | to give or have an injection | |
| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 相片 相片 | image; photograph | |
| 了不起 了不起 | amazing; terrific; extraordinary | |
| 童年 童年 | childhood | |
| 宝贵 寶貴 | valuable; precious; to value; to treasure; to set store by | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 轻易 輕易 | easily; lightly; rashly | |
| 约会 約會 | appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet | |
| 怀念 懷念 | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 法官 法官 | judge (in court) | |
| 吸 吸 | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale | |
| 阻止 阻止 | to prevent; to block | |
| 失望 失望 | disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be |