Susanna 1967
珊珊
Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.
Vocabulary
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| 金石为开 金石為開 | even metal and stone can be split open (idiom); fig. with utter sincerity one can overcome any obstacle | Idiom |
| 拒人于千里之外 拒人於千里之外 | lit. to keep people a thousand li away (idiom); fig. to be cold and aloof; to keep others at arm's length | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 诚心诚意 誠心誠意 | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity | Idiom |
| 千方百计 千方百計 | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means | Idiom |
| 倔强 倔強 | stubborn; obstinate; unbending | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 人品 人品 | moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 发愣 發愣 | to stare blankly; to be in a daze | |
| 踊跃 踴躍 | to leap; to jump; eager; enthusiastically | |
| 温习 溫習 | to review (a lesson etc) | |
| 苦心 苦心 | painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 出丑 出醜 | shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 屡次 屢次 | repeatedly; time and again | |
| 过半 過半 | over fifty percent; more than half | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 退步 退步 | to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback | |
| 劝告 勸告 | to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice | |
| 用功 用功 | diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort | |
| 消沉 消沉 | depressed; bad mood; low spirit | |
| 转眼 轉眼 | in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 舞厅 舞廳 | dance hall; ballroom | |
| 下山 下山 | to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 恳求 懇求 | to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty | |
| 教养 教養 | to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture | |
| 没劲 沒勁 | to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 立足 立足 | to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on | |
| 厚道 厚道 | kind and honest; generous; sincere | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 失明 失明 | to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness | |
| 夕阳 夕陽 | sunset; the setting sun | |
| 自尊心 自尊心 | self-respect; self-esteem; ego | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 未免 未免 | unavoidably; can't help; really; rather | |
| 懒惰 懶惰 | idle; lazy | |
| 断定 斷定 | to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 冷淡 冷淡 | cold; indifferent |