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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| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 自愿 自願 | voluntary | |
| 决不 決不 | not at all; simply (can) not | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 汗 汗 | see 汗, 汗国 | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 博物馆 博物館 | museum | |
| 忍不住 忍不住 | cannot help; unable to bear | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 赔偿 賠償 | to compensate | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 友谊 友誼 | companionship; fellowship; friendship | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 买卖 買賣 | buying and selling; business; business transactions | |
| 严肃 嚴肅 | solemn; grave; serious; earnest; severe | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 年龄 年齡 | (a person's) age | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 幅 幅 | width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures | |
| 建筑 建築 | to construct; building | |
| 协议 協議 | agreement; pact; protocol | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 女性 女性 | woman; the female sex | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 |