The Goddess of Mercy 1967
观世音
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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| 冒 冐 | to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 大获全胜 大獲全勝 | to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election) | Idiom |
| 千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 | to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort | Idiom |
| 谈何容易 談何容易 | easier said than done (idiom) | Idiom |
| 错怪 錯怪 | to blame sb wrongly | Xiehouyu |
| 言而无信 言而無信 | untrustworthy; not true to one's word | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 不济 不濟 | (coll.) no good; of no use | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 佛教徒 佛教徒 | Buddhist | Proper Noun |
| 鲁国 魯國 | Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty, located in the southwest of present-day Shandong, birthplace of Confucius | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 爱民 愛民 | Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |
| 观世音菩萨 觀世音菩薩 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 江山 江山 | Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 鲁班 魯班 | Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 大王 大王 | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something | |
| 韦 韋 | tanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178 | |
| 元帅 元帥 | (military) marshal; commander-in-chief | |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 南无 南無 | Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] | |
| 粮 糧 | food, grain, provisions | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent |