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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| 清雅 清雅 | refined; elegant | |
| 明德 明德 | highest virtue; illustrious virtue | |
| 大恩不言谢 大恩不言謝 | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor; (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done | |
| 还债 還債 | to settle a debt | |
| 清秀 清秀 | delicate and pretty | |
| 老伯 老伯 | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
| 喳喳 喳喳 | (onom.) whisper | |
| 洋鬼子 洋鬼子 | foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners | |
| 情义 情義 | affection; comradeship | |
| 叮咛 叮嚀 | to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently | |
| 心田 心田 | heart (one's innermost being) | |
| 缠绵 纏綿 | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) | |
| 绝后 絕後 | to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique | |
| 照理 照理 | according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to | |
| 绫罗绸缎 綾羅綢緞 | (idiom) silk and satin | |
| 人尽可夫 人盡可夫 | (idiom) (of a woman) promiscuous; loose | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as | |
| 服侍 服侍 | to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also | |
| 军情 軍情 | military situation; military intelligence | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 脱衣服 脫衣服 | undress | |
| 疏于防范 疏於防範 | to neglect to take precautions; relaxed vigilance | |
| 灯罩 燈罩 | cover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp | |
| 公子王孙 公子王孫 | sons of nobles and grandsons of kings (idiom); young aristocrats; the privileged elite | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 处长 處長 | department head; section chief | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 母女 母女 | mother and daughter; mother-daughter | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 曲子 曲子 | poem for singing; tune; music | |
| 不怎么 不怎麼 | not very; not particularly | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 入学 入學 | to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 珠宝 珠寶 | pearls; jewels; precious stones | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 大使 大使 | ambassador; envoy | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 泥 泥 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in |