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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each other; one another HSK 5
zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) HSK 5
huí to recall; memories HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
nián líng (a person's) age HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) HSK 5
jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
rén person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
suí ér ān at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with good will Idiom ∼HSK 4
qīn to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on; without a friend in the world Idiom ∼HSK 4
fāng expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea Xiehouyu HSK 4
ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wéi Vienna, capital of Austria Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bīn shì (Tw) Mercedes-Benz, German car maker Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xīn jiè New Territories (in Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng Qinghe county in Xingtai, Hebei; Qinghe district of Tieling city, Liaoning Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
variant of ∼HSK 4
jǐng chá police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
luò sundown; sunset ∼HSK 4
chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
yāo dài belt ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
tài yáng yǎn jìng sunglasses ∼HSK 4