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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专心 專心 zhuān xīn to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) HSK 4
咸 咸 xián all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious HSK 4
宁静 寧靜 níng jìng tranquil; tranquility; serenity HSK 4
寒冷 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate); frigid; very cold HSK 4
招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
男女 男女 nán nǚ male-female; male and female HSK 4
棵 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc HSK 4
装修 裝修 zhuāng xiū to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate HSK 4
约会 約會 yuē huì appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet HSK 4
遇见 遇見 yù jiàn to meet HSK 4
想念 想念 xiǎng niàn to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again HSK 4
散 㪚 sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
遇 遇 yù to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
维持 維持 wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
分手 分手 fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
无聊 無聊 wú liáo bored; boring; senseless HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
合同 合同 hé tong (business) contract HSK 4
怀疑 懷疑 huái yí to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
提醒 提醒 tí xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
的确 的確 dí què really; indeed HSK 4
嗯 嗯 ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
丈夫 丈夫 zhàng fu husband HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
法律 法律 fǎ lǜ law HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3