Song of Orchid Island 1965
兰屿之歌
Dr. Ho decides to move to a backward island off the coast of Taiwan to look for his missing father. He meets nurse Ya Lan (Cheng Pei-Pei) who falls in love with him. But dastardly doings are afoot as Dr. Ho's enemies plot against him.
Vocabulary
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| 温度 溫度 | temperature | |
| 分开 分開 | to separate; to part | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 交通 交通 | to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison | |
| 数字 數字 | numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc) | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps |