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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| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 踏 踏 | see 踏实 | |
| 遭到 遭到 | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) | |
| 火箭 火箭 | rocket | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 公主 公主 | princess | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 托 託 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 进攻 進攻 | to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports) | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 滴 滴 | a drop; to drip | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 服 服 | classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fú] | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 兵贵神速 兵貴神速 | lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom); fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth) | Idiom |
| 弱肉强食 弱肉強食 | lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. the law of the jungle | Idiom |
| 臭架子 臭架子 | stinking pretension; to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance | Xiehouyu |
| 必死无疑 必死無疑 | will die for sure; to be a goner | Xiehouyu |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 朕 朕 | I/We (royal we, used by emperors) | |
| 臣 臣 | minister, statesman, official | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 乳 乳 | breast, nipples; milk, suckle | |
| 莲 蓮 | lotus, water lily; paradise |