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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| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 故乡 故鄉 | home; homeland; native place | |
| 老百姓 老百姓 | ordinary people; the "person in the street" | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 推广 推廣 | to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc) | |
| 开展 開展 | to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 爱心 愛心 | compassion; kindness; care for others; love; charity (bazaar, golf day etc); heart (the symbol ♥) | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 迎接 迎接 | to welcome; to greet | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 国内 國內 | domestic; internal (to a country); civil | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 各地 各地 | in all parts of (a country); various regions | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 深入 深入 | to penetrate deeply; thorough | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 念 唸 | 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) | |
| 男子 男子 | a man; a male | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 形象 形象 | image; form; figure; visualization; vivid | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | 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) | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly |