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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| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 线 線 | thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 三天两头 三天兩頭 | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently | Idiom |
| 天涯海角 天涯海角 | Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya | Idiom |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 难过 難過 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | Xiehouyu |
| 奶油 奶油 | cream; butter; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 弄走 弄走 | (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of | Colloquialism |
| 贵姓 貴姓 | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? | Proper Noun |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 做完 做完 | to finish; to complete the task | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where |