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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| 美的 美的 | Midea (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 复明 復明 | to restore the Ming dynasty | |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 澡 澡 | wash, bathe | |
| 开刀 開刀 | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack | |
| 心动 心動 | heartbeat; heart rate; (fig.) emotionally affected; aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc) | |
| 朝朝暮暮 朝朝暮暮 | from dawn to dusk; all the time | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 音 音 | sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation | |
| 回音 迴音 | echo; reply; turn (ornament in music) | |
| 破家 破家 | to destroy one's family | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 喝光 喝光 | to drink up; to finish (a drink) | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 半死 半死 | half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 把门 把門 | to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 想像力 想像力 | conception; imagination | |
| 意境 意境 | artistic mood or conception; creative concept | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 光照 光照 | illumination | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 转念 轉念 | to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of | |
| 造物 造物 | luck; to create the universe; god (as the creator of all things); the Creator | |
| 一心一意 一心一意 | concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently | |
| 收音机 收音機 | radio | |
| 景色 景色 | scenery; scene; landscape; view | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 不光 不光 | not the only one; not only | |
| 散步 散步 | to take a walk; to go for a walk | |
| 裙子 裙子 | skirt | |
| 光明 光明 | light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 深入 深入 | to penetrate deeply; thorough | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 温暖 溫暖 | warm | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 村 村 | village |