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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| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 湖 湖 | lake | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 收入 收入 | to take in; income; revenue | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 街 街 | street | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 爱情 愛情 | romance; love (romantic) |