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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襟 襟 jīn lapel, collar ∼HSK 5
盟 盟 méng swear; oath, covenant, alliance ∼HSK 5
眶 眶 kuàng eye socket; rim of eye ∼HSK 5
渐 漸 jiān gradually ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
鸳 鴛 yuān male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) ∼HSK 5
桀 桀 jié chicken roost; ancient emperor ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
烛 燭 zhú candle, taper; shine, illuminate ∼HSK 5
觅 覓 mì seek; search ∼HSK 5
沉醉 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated ∼HSK 5
逝 逝 shì pass away; die ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
闲事 閒事 xián shì other people's business ∼HSK 5
腻 膩 nì greasy, oily, dirty; smooth ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
失陪 失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
游手好闲 遊手好閑 yóu shǒu hào xián to idle about ∼HSK 5
令兄 令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific) ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
令嫒 令嬡 lìng ài variant of ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
吐艳 吐艷 tǔ yàn to burst into bloom ∼HSK 5
挈 挈 qiè assist, help, lead by hand ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
惩 懲 chéng punish, reprimand; warn ∼HSK 5
诫 誡 jiè warn, admonish; warning ∼HSK 5
老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) ∼HSK 5
陪酒 陪酒 péi jiǔ to drink along (with sb) ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
山珍海味 山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
萧 蕭 Xiāo common artemisia; dejected ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track; audio channel ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
应承 應承 yìng chéng to agree (to do sth); to promise ∼HSK 5
枪声 槍聲 qiāng shēng crack; shooting sound; gunshot ∼HSK 5