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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| 卡车 卡車 | truck | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 焦 焦 | burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 飘 飄 | to float | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 诱惑 誘惑 | to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract | |
| 少女 少女 | girl; young lady | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 豪华 豪華 | luxurious | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 怀孕 懷孕 | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 花团锦簇 花團錦簇 | brightly colored decorations (idiom); splendid | Idiom |
| 藕断丝连 藕斷絲連 | lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another | Idiom |
| 拈花惹草 拈花惹草 | lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats | Idiom |
| 千娇百媚 千嬌百媚 | (idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming | Idiom |
| 明明白白 明明白白 | clearly and plainly; perfectly clear (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 名誉扫地 名譽掃地 | to be thoroughly discredited; to fall into disrepute | Xiehouyu |
| 弯弯曲曲 彎彎曲曲 | curved; meandering; zigzagging | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 和服 和服 | kimono | |
| 试样 試樣 | style; type; model | |
| 图样 圖樣 | diagram; blueprint | |
| 如火 如火 | fiery | |
| 芭蕉 芭蕉 | banana plant | |
| 忌妒 忌妒 | to be jealous of; to envy | |
| 老板娘 老闆娘 | female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife | |
| 超时 超時 | to exceed the time limit; (to work) overtime; (computing) timeout |