Lover's Destiny 1975
新啼笑因缘
Director Chu Yuan was one of the new breed of directors at Shaw who raised the bar of martial arts films, by adding compelling storylines and a good dose of drama. Despite being without his regular cohorts Ku Lung and Ti Lung here, Chu shows his master stroke as he delves into the dastardly ways of evil warlords in China back in the 1910’s. Drama and action both take centre-stage as Tsung Hua and Ching Li fall prey to a lecherous general (Stanley Feng Tsui-fan) who rapes and forces the latter to become his concubine. With the help of two street performers (the deft and agile Chen Kuan-tai and Shih Szu) he once helped, Tsung hatches a plot to save his beloved – with deadly consequences.
Vocabulary
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| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 不断 不斷 | unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 随 隨 | to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) |