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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保罗 保羅 Bǎo luó Paul Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
雪糕 雪糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
活下去 活下去 huó xià qù to survive; to keep on living ∼HSK 3
马天尼 馬天尼 mǎ tiān ní (loanword) martini ∼HSK 3
海员 海員 hǎi yuán sailor; mariner ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
世事 世事 shì shì affairs of life; things of the world ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
乱说 亂說 luàn shuō to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
上星期 上星期 shàng xīng qī last week; previous week ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
点钟 點鐘 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
出世 出世 chū shì to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
阿飞 阿飛 ā fēi hoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy ∼HSK 3
把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor; gangmaster ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times; the olden days ∼HSK 3
夜总会 夜總會 yè zǒng huì nightclub; nightspot ∼HSK 3
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play; modern drama HSK 3
房租 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house HSK 3
动人 動人 dòng rén touching; moving HSK 3
工程师 工程師 gōng chéng shī engineer HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
坚决 堅決 jiān jué firm; resolute; determined HSK 3
屋子 屋子 wū zi house; room HSK 3
文学 文學 wén xué literature HSK 3
会员 會員 huì yuán member HSK 3
部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
工厂 工廠 gōng chǎng factory HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
眼前 眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes; now; at present HSK 3
念 唸 niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
命运 命運 mìng yùn fate; destiny HSK 3