Love Parade 1963
花团锦簇
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
Vocabulary
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| 雍容华贵 雍容華貴 | elegant and dignified; graceful and noble; poised and stately (idiom) | Idiom |
| 仪态万千 儀態萬千 | graceful in a thousand ways (idiom); displaying every kind of elegance and charm | Idiom |
| 月圆花好 月圓花好 | lit. full moon and blooming flowers (idiom); fig. perfect conjugal bliss; a perfectly happy occasion (esp. a wedding) | Idiom |
| 扬眉吐气 揚眉吐氣 | to feel elated and vindicated (idiom); to hold one's head high after a period of oppression; to finally have one's day | Idiom |
| 脉脉含情 脈脈含情 | full of tender affection (idiom); gazing with loving eyes | Idiom |
| 巴不得 巴不得 | (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 亲热 親熱 | affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb | Colloquialism |
| 彩霞 彩霞 | clouds tinged with sunset hues | |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 树梢 樹梢 | the tip of a tree; treetop | |
| 久仰 久仰 | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. | |
| 志气 志氣 | ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit | |
| 粽子 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 衰弱 衰弱 | weak; feeble | |
| 壮丽 壯麗 | magnificence; magnificent; majestic; glorious | |
| 打搅 打攪 | to disturb; to trouble; to bother | |
| 梳子 梳子 | comb | |
| 指教 指教 | to give advice or comments | |
| 浓郁 濃郁 | rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 名贵 名貴 | famous and valuable; rare; precious | |
| 暗地里 暗地裡 | secretly; inwardly; on the sly | |
| 倚 倚 | to lean on; to rely upon | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 受罪 受罪 | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 本钱 本錢 | capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) | |
| 迟迟 遲遲 | late (with a task etc); slow | |
| 捧场 捧場 | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 禁不住 禁不住 | can't help it; can't bear it | |
| 敷衍 敷衍 | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by | |
| 取笑 取笑 | to tease; to make fun of | |
| 记性 記性 | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 情调 情調 | sentiment; tone and mood; taste | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 夕阳 夕陽 | sunset; the setting sun | |
| 陶醉 陶醉 | to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 着迷 著迷 | to be fascinated; to be captivated | |
| 抽象 抽象 | abstract; abstraction | |
| 蜜月 蜜月 | honeymoon | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 趁着 趁著 | while | |
| 销 銷 | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character |