The Goddess of Mercy 1967
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With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile.
Vocabulary
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| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 近来 近來 | recently; lately | |
| 传达 傳達 | to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission | |
| 服从 服從 | to obey (an order); to comply; to defer | |
| 披 披 | to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out | |
| 发觉 發覺 | to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive | |
| 带有 帶有 | to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc) | |
| 处罚 處罰 | to penalize; to punish | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 灾难 災難 | disaster; catastrophe | |
| 献 獻 | to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) | |
| 减轻 減輕 | to lighten; to ease; to alleviate | |
| 决不 決不 | not at all; simply (can) not | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 继承 繼承 | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) | |
| 绝望 絕望 | to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 以往 以往 | in the past; formerly | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 建造 建造 | to construct; to build | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 指示 指示 | to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions | |
| 随后 隨後 | soon after | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 神奇 神奇 | magical; mystical; miraculous | |
| 甲 甲 | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 不幸 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) |