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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汤 湯 shāng rushing current HSK 3
基础 基礎 jī chǔ base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental HSK 3
赶 趕 gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
烟 煙 yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
不必 不必 bù bì need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
付 付 fù to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
奇怪 奇怪 qí guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
大概 大概 dà gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
害怕 害怕 hài pà to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
麻烦 麻煩 má fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
下面 下面 xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
系 係 xì to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
反对 反對 fǎn duì to oppose; to be against; to object to HSK 3
外面 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
空 空 kòng to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time HSK 3
事业 事業 shì yè undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
理由 理由 lǐ yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
破 破 pò broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
感情 感情 gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
上面 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
现实 現實 xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
图 圖 tú diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
照 炤 zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
牛 牛 niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
久 久 jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
本来 本來 běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
事实 事實 shì shí fact HSK 3
结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
压力 壓力 yā lì pressure HSK 3
失去 失去 shī qù to lose HSK 3
幸福 幸福 xìng fú happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
人生 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
某 某 mǒu some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such HSK 3
安排 安排 ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
父母 父母 fù mǔ father and mother; parents HSK 3
谈 談 tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
社会 社會 shè huì society HSK 3
并且 並且 bìng qiě and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition HSK 3
父亲 父親 fù qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
好好 好好 hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
绝对 絕對 jué duì absolute; unconditional HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
另外 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3