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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| 偶然 偶然 | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 天才 天才 | talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted | |
| 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 | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 过度 過度 | excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 悲伤 悲傷 | sad; sorrowful | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 询问 詢問 | to inquire | |
| 鼻子 鼻子 | nose | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 乘客 乘客 | passenger | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 代价 代價 | price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) | |
| 乘 乘 | to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed | |
| 详细 詳細 | detailed; in detail; minute | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 蛋糕 蛋糕 | cake | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 全世界 全世界 | worldwide; entire world | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 回忆 回憶 | to recall; memories | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 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 | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to |