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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| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 状 狀 | form; appearance; shape; official | |
| 点钟 點鐘 | (indicating time of day) o'clock | |
| 打火机 打火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 说死 說死 | to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition) | |
| 香片 香片 | jasmine tea; scented tea | |
| 阿兰 阿蘭 | Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name) | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 相称 相稱 | to match; to suit; mutually compatible | |
| 手头紧 手頭緊 | short of money; hard up | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 老实说 老實說 | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | |
| 夜总会 夜總會 | nightclub; nightspot | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 散步 散步 | to take a walk; to go for a walk | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 从事 從事 | to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 丰富 豐富 | to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 苹果 蘋果 | apple | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs |