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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恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
俱乐部 俱樂部 jù lè bù club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
讨厌 討厭 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
令 令 lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
牙牙学语 牙牙學語 yá yá - xué yǔ (of a baby) to babble Idiom ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 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
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
亚伦 亞倫 Yà lún Aaron (name); Yaren, capital of Nauru Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
超人 超人 Chāo rén Superman, comic book superhero Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣诞快乐 聖誕快樂 Shèng dàn kuài lè Merry Christmas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尖沙咀 尖沙咀 Jiān shā zuǐ Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玛丽亚 瑪麗亞 Mǎ lì yà Maria (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贝多芬 貝多芬 Bèi duō fēn Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣诞老人 聖誕老人 Shèng dàn Lǎo rén Father Christmas; Santa Claus Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣诞 聖誕 Shèng dàn Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
基督 基督 Jī dū Christ Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
昨夜 昨夜 zuó yè last night ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
丰 豐 fēng abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty ∼HSK 4
梦中 夢中 mèng zhōng in a dream ∼HSK 4
结了 結了 jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
沙拉 沙拉 shā lā (loanword) salad ∼HSK 4
亲吻 親吻 qīn wěn to kiss; kiss ∼HSK 4
淡水湖 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake ∼HSK 4
世俗 世俗 shì sú profane; secular; worldly ∼HSK 4
陌生人 陌生人 mò shēng rén stranger ∼HSK 4
擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
偶遇 偶遇 ǒu yù to meet by chance ∼HSK 4
结婚生子 結婚生子 jié hūn shēng zǐ to get married and have kids; to start a family ∼HSK 4
自我介绍 自我介紹 zì wǒ jiè shào self-introduction; to introduce oneself ∼HSK 4
农夫 農夫 nóng fū peasant; farmer ∼HSK 4
动手术 動手術 dòng shǒu shù (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb); (of a patient) to have an operation ∼HSK 4
女郎 女郎 nǚ láng young woman; maiden; girl ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
降生 降生 jiàng shēng to be born; arrival of newborn; birth (of a savior or religious leader) ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
松树 松樹 sōng shù pine; pine tree HSK 4
月底 月底 yuè dǐ end of the month HSK 4