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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Vocabulary

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夏天 夏天 xià tiān summer HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
客人 客人 kè rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
租 租 zū to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax HSK 2
多久 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long?; (not) a long time HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
公平 公平 gōng píng fair; impartial HSK 2
放下 放下 fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
差不多 差不多 chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
什么样 什麼樣 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
好多 好多 hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
亮 亮 liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
一生 一生 yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
封 封 fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up HSK 2
借 借 jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
小心 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
普通 普通 pǔ tōng common; ordinary; general; average HSK 2
怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
遍 徧 biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
船 舩 chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
实在 實在 shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
心情 心情 xīn qíng mood; frame of mind HSK 2
喂 喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
听说 聽說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
习惯 習慣 xí guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
日子 日子 rì zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
留下 留下 liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
鱼 魚 yú fish HSK 2
爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
样子 樣子 yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
夜 亱 yè night HSK 2
后来 後來 hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
不少 不少 bù shǎo many; a lot; not few HSK 2
意思 意思 yì si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
同样 同樣 tóng yàng same; equal; equivalent HSK 2
弄 弄 lòng lane; alley HSK 2
提 提 dī used in 防 and 溜 HSK 2
漂亮 漂亮 piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
怕 怕 pà to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
哭 哭 kū to cry; to weep HSK 2
经过 經過 jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
可爱 可愛 kě ài adorable; cute; lovely HSK 2
酒 酒 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2