The Price of Love 1970
爱情的代价
Teddy plays some physically deformed musical genius named Wu Sheng who falls for a blind girl named Jui Fang (Chin Ping). Is love really blind? According to Wu Sheng, probably so, but when Jui Fang is on the verge of regaining her eyesight from an operation, Wu Sheng packs up and leaves the country for fear of Jui Fang disowning him once her eyes gets a look at Wu Sheng.
Vocabulary
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| 护着 護著 | to protect; to guard; to shield | |
| 经不起 經不起 | can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist | |
| 篱笆 籬笆 | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) | |
| 乳胶 乳膠 | latex | |
| 要端 要端 | the main points | |
| 灵气 靈氣 | spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 弄清 弄清 | to clarify; to fully understand | |
| 煮饭 煮飯 | to cook | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 串通 串通 | to collude; to collaborate; to gang up | |
| 脚踏 腳踏 | pedal | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 渔网 漁網 | fishing net; fishnet | |
| 佣人 傭人 | servant | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 入院 入院 | to enter hospital; to be hospitalized | |
| 捉弄 捉弄 | to tease | |
| 录音机 錄音機 | (tape) recording machine; tape recorder | |
| 狠心 狠心 | callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 海浪 海浪 | sea wave | |
| 照耀 照耀 | to shine; to illuminate | |
| 钟头 鐘頭 | hour | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 海底 海底 | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 病房 病房 | ward (of a hospital); sickroom | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 织 織 | to weave | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 大道 大道 | main street; avenue | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 愉快 愉快 | cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit |