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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| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 通用 通用 | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable | |
| 册 冊 | book; booklet; classifier for books | |
| 远处 遠處 | distant place | |
| 珍珠 珍珠 | pearl | |
| 鼓掌 鼓掌 | to applaud; to clap | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 肠 腸 | intestines | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 例外 例外 | exception; to be an exception | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 脸色 臉色 | complexion; look | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 如同 如同 | like; as | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 时机 時機 | opportunity; opportune moment | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 委托 委託 | to entrust; to trust; to commission | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 时光 時光 | time; era; period of time | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command |