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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貌 貌 mào countenance, appearance ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
温存 溫存 wēn cún tender; affectionate; tenderness ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
万民 萬民 wàn mín all the people ∼HSK 4
卫兵 衛兵 wèi bīng guard; bodyguard ∼HSK 4
自古 自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial ∼HSK 4
惜别 惜別 xī bié reluctant to part ∼HSK 4
落泪 落淚 luò lèi to shed tears; to weep ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
结拜 結拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) ∼HSK 4
小伙 小夥 xiǎo huǒ young guy; lad; youngster ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
面色 面色 miàn sè complexion ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
洗牌 洗牌 xǐ pái to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc; (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure ∼HSK 4
上牌 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
民女 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family ∼HSK 4
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
安人 安人 ān rén to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of, landlord ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
慕 慕 mù long for, desire; admire ∼HSK 4
背弃 背棄 bèi qì to abandon; to desert; to renounce ∼HSK 4
辛辛苦苦 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly; with great trouble ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
引得 引得 yǐn dé index (loanword) ∼HSK 4
歉 歉 qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
延迟 延遲 yán chí to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate; (computing) to lag ∼HSK 4
恶魔 惡魔 è mó demon; fiend ∼HSK 4
擦油 擦油 cā yóu to oil; to anoint ∼HSK 4
巾 巾 jīn kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 ∼HSK 4
贝 貝 Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
未报 未報 wèi bào unavenged; still demanding retribution ∼HSK 4
转告 轉告 zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4
光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people; the poor HSK 4
泪 淚 lèi tears HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4