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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什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
男孩子 男孩子 nán hái zi boy ∼HSK 2
月租 月租 yuè zū to rent by the month ∼HSK 2
来生 來生 lái shēng next life ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
做生日 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
一遍又一遍 一遍又一遍 yī biàn yòu yī biàn over and over ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
份子 份子 fèn zǐ Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
生菜 生菜 shēng cài lettuce; raw fresh vegetables; greens ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
油条 油條 yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
要得 要得 yào dé good; fine ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
信差 信差 xìn chāi messenger ∼HSK 2
一层 一層 yī céng layer ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
上船 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
借过 借過 jiè guò excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
西餐 西餐 xī cān Western-style food HSK 2
公共汽车 公共汽車 gōng gòng qì chē bus HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
请客 請客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner HSK 2
秋天 秋天 qiū tiān autumn HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2
春天 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
洗澡 洗澡 xǐ zǎo to bathe; to take a shower HSK 2
花园 花園 huā yuán garden HSK 2
分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate; to part HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2
小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2