Lover's Destiny

Lover's Destiny 1975

新啼笑因缘 xīn tí xiào yīnyuán

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.

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收藏 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
夺 奪 duó to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose HSK 6
章 章 zhāng chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order HSK 6
偏 偏 piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6
原谅 原諒 yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive; to pardon HSK 6
形 形 xíng to appear; to look; form; shape HSK 6
托 託 tuō prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) HSK 6
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot HSK 6
负 負 fù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
聊 聊 liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
泡 泡 pāo puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces HSK 6
印 印 yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces; troops HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
升官发财 升官發財 shēng guān fā cái to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth Idiom ∼HSK 5
明察秋毫 明察秋毫 míng chá qiū háo lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. perceptive of even the finest detail Idiom ∼HSK 5
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
害人不浅 害人不淺 hài rén - bù qiǎn (idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
吐血 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
破烂 破爛 pò làn worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department ∼HSK 5
陶 陶 Táo pottery, ceramics ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
幽怨 幽怨 yōu yuàn hidden bitterness; secret grudge ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
涟 漣 lián flowing water; ripples; weeping ∼HSK 5
舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5