The Warlord and the Actress 1964
血溅牡丹红
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
Vocabulary
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| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 大批 大批 | large quantities of | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 盼望 盼望 | to hope for; to look forward to | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 笑脸 笑臉 | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 坡 坡 | slope; sloping; slanted | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 压迫 壓迫 | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 前方 前方 | ahead; the front | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 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 | |
| 大使 大使 | ambassador; envoy | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 合约 合約 | treaty; contract | |
| 大道 大道 | main street; avenue | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 军事 軍事 | military affairs; (attributive) military | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 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 | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 |