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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| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 头痛 頭痛 | to have a headache | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category | |
| 点钟 點鐘 | (indicating time of day) o'clock | |
| 吵吵 吵吵 | to make a racket; to quarrel | |
| 春光 春光 | scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 万般 萬般 | every kind; manifold; extremely | |
| 莲步 蓮步 | (literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman | |
| 出世 出世 | to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 台下 臺下 | off the stage; in the audience | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 春意 春意 | beginning of spring; thoughts of love | |
| 照付 照付 | to pay as charged | |
| 先走一步 先走一步 | to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself); (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse) | |
| 时装表演 時裝表演 | fashion show | |
| 对美 對美 | (policy etc) towards America | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 心机 心機 | thinking; scheme | |
| 订做 訂做 | to make to order; to have sth made to order | |
| 心痛 心痛 | to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain | |
| 刚巧 剛巧 | by chance; by coincidence; by good luck | |
| 把头 把頭 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 痛痛快快 痛痛快快 | immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip |