Sunset

Sunset 1971

yáng liànrén

Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Yet the film takes an acrid twist and turns out to be more like a Shakespearian tragedy than a beach-babe party.

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Vocabulary

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chǎng suǒ location; place HSK 3
chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
tiào to dance HSK 3
huān gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay HSK 3
píng to criticize; criticism HSK 3
shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
lùn whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss HSK 3
cóng shì to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do HSK 3
tiān kōng sky HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
kàn lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
chéng jiù accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about HSK 3
rich; abundant; wealthy HSK 3
zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
hūn to divorce HSK 3
jiǔ beer (loanword) HSK 3
xìng individuality; personality HSK 3
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
tián sweet HSK 3
duì dài to treat; treatment HSK 3
bèi hòu behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back HSK 3
chǎng factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant HSK 3
cóng since (a time); ever since HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
xiāng each other; mutually; mutual HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
yáng guāng sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) HSK 3
táng sugar; sweets; candy HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
nèi xīn heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
biǎo to express; to convey HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3