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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| 流水 流水 | running water; (business) turnover | |
| 小丑 小丑 | clown | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 雕 彫 | to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 潇洒 瀟灑 | confident and at ease; free and easy | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 挑起 挑起 | to provoke; to stir up; to incite | |
| 崇高 崇高 | majestic; sublime | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 情愿 情願 | willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) | |
| 首饰 首飾 | jewelry; head ornament | |
| 赞扬 讚揚 | to praise; to approve of; to show approval | |
| 匆匆 匆匆 | hurriedly | |
| 人为 人為 | artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort | |
| 好比 好比 | to be just like; can be compared to | |
| 映 映 | to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) | |
| 头晕 頭暈 | dizzy | |
| 帖子 帖子 | card; invitation; message; (forum) post | |
| 把手 把手 | to shake hands | |
| 蜜蜂 蜜蜂 | bee; honeybee | |
| 风情 風情 | mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 打招呼 打招呼 | to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice | |
| 一手 一手 | a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help | |
| 柜台 櫃檯 | sales counter; front desk; bar; (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter) | |
| 礼服 禮服 | ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) | |
| 漆 漆 | paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc) | |
| 诊所 診所 | clinic | |
| 柔软 柔軟 | soft | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 推测 推測 | speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 火焰 火焰 | blaze; flame | |
| 扮 扮 | to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression) | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 项链 項鏈 | necklace | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 花样 花樣 | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 光芒 光芒 | rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance | |
| 开除 開除 | to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 降临 降臨 | to descend; to arrive; to come | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 气息 氣息 | breath; smell; odor; flavor | |
| 流氓 流氓 | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 外表 外表 | external; outside; outward appearance |