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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| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 中村 中村 | Nakamura (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 美玲 美玲 | Meiling (female name); Zhou Meiling (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director | Proper Noun |
| 死者 死者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 相随 相隨 | to tag along (with sb); (in combination with or) to accompany (sb); (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another) | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 光亮 光亮 | bright | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 源 源 | spring; source, head; surname | |
| 由头 由頭 | pretext; excuse; justification; reason | |
| 手相 手相 | palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) |