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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飘 飄 piāo to float HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
角落 角落 jiǎo luò nook; corner HSK 7
兼 兼 jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
折磨 折磨 zhé mó to torment; to torture HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
寂寞 寂寞 jì mò lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
杳如黄鹤 杳如黃鶴 yǎo rú huáng hè to be gone forever (idiom); to disappear without a trace Idiom ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
踪影 蹤影 zōng yǐng trace; vestige; presence ∼HSK 6
泪痕 淚痕 lèi hén tear stains ∼HSK 6
辞掉 辭掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee) ∼HSK 6
冷冷清清 冷冷清清 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
患难 患難 huàn nàn trials and tribulations ∼HSK 6
变幻无穷 變幻無窮 biàn huàn wú qióng endlessly changeable (idiom); infinitely varied; ever-changing ∼HSK 6
逼人 逼人 bī rén pressing; threatening ∼HSK 6
田螺 田螺 tián luó river snail ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
负担不起 負擔不起 fù dān bu qǐ cannot afford; cannot bear the burden ∼HSK 6
今宵 今宵 jīn xiāo tonight (literary) ∼HSK 6
飘渺 飄渺 piāo miǎo faintly discernible; indistinct; misty ∼HSK 6
污辱 汙辱 wū rǔ to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
钉锤 釘錘 dīng chuí nail hammer; claw hammer ∼HSK 6
白粥 白粥 bái zhōu plain rice congee ∼HSK 6
大排档 大排檔 dà pái dàng food stall; open-air restaurant ∼HSK 6
结帐 結帳 jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
蹲下 蹲下 dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
小便 小便 xiǎo biàn urine; to urinate; (euphemism) penis or vulva ∼HSK 6
扯平 扯平 chě píng to make even; to balance; (fig.) to be even; to call it quits ∼HSK 6
插曲 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode ∼HSK 6
顽皮 頑皮 wán pí naughty HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6