The Forbidden Past

The Forbidden Past 1976

小楼残梦 xiǎo lóu cán mèng

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

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免不了 免不了 miǎn bù liǎo unavoidable; can't be avoided Xiehouyu HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
譬如说 譬如說 pì rú shuō for example HSK 7
求学 求學 qiú xué to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
不平 不平 bù píng uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied HSK 7
孤零零 孤零零 gū líng líng lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
水利 水利 shuǐ lì water conservancy; irrigation works HSK 7
透彻 透徹 tòu chè penetrating; thorough; incisive HSK 7
愈来愈 愈來愈 yù lái yù more and more HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
嗜好 嗜好 shì hào hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction HSK 7
退学 退學 tuì xué to quit school HSK 7
风雨 風雨 fēng yǔ wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships HSK 7
黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk; evening; nightfall HSK 7
小提琴 小提琴 xiǎo tí qín fiddle; violin HSK 7
出走 出走 chū zǒu to leave home; to go off; to run away HSK 7
无形 無形 wú xíng incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible HSK 7
董事长 董事長 dǒng shì zhǎng chairman of the board of directors HSK 7
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt HSK 7
积蓄 積蓄 jī xù to save; to put aside; savings HSK 7
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over; to pass through HSK 7
扰乱 擾亂 rǎo luàn to disturb; to perturb; to harass HSK 7
匆匆 匆匆 cōng cōng hurriedly HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
虚伪 虛偽 xū wěi false; hypocritical; artificial; sham HSK 7
生前 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life; while living HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
招待 招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) HSK 7
人身 人身 rén shēn person; personal; human body HSK 7
旅程 旅程 lǚ chéng journey; trip HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
佩服 佩服 pèi fú to admire HSK 7
沙滩 沙灘 shā tān beach; sandy shore HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough HSK 7
永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) HSK 7
消 消 xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7