Too Late for Love 1967
烽火万里情
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
Vocabulary
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| 千山万水 千山萬水 | lit. a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers (idiom); fig. a long and arduous journey; great distances | Idiom |
| 愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable | Idiom |
| 大惊小怪 大驚小怪 | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) | Idiom |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 诉苦 訴苦 | to grumble; to complain; grievance | Xiehouyu |
| 冷落 冷落 | desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 芦花 蘆花 | reed catkin; reed flower | |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 侍候 侍候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 郊游 郊遊 | to go for an outing; to go on an excursion | |
| 亏待 虧待 | to treat sb unfairly | |
| 苦心 苦心 | painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains | |
| 嫁妆 嫁妝 | dowry | |
| 难为情 難為情 | embarrassed | |
| 单薄 單薄 | weak; frail; thin; flimsy | |
| 芬芳 芬芳 | perfume; fragrant | |
| 遗物 遺物 | remnant | |
| 受罪 受罪 | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 休养 休養 | to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 顺从 順從 | obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 赛跑 賽跑 | race (running); to race (running) | |
| 清静 清靜 | quiet; peaceful and quiet | |
| 岳父 岳父 | wife's father, father-in-law | |
| 受苦 受苦 | to suffer hardship | |
| 胸膛 胸膛 | chest | |
| 贯彻 貫徹 | to implement; to put into practice; to carry out | |
| 鞠躬 鞠躬 | to bow; (literary) to bend down | |
| 发扬 發揚 | to develop; to make full use of | |
| 性情 性情 | nature; temperament | |
| 缕 縷 | strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) | |
| 兴致 興致 | mood; spirits; interest | |
| 夕阳 夕陽 | sunset; the setting sun | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 悠久 悠久 | long (tradition, history etc) | |
| 开朗 開朗 | spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree | |
| 蜜月 蜜月 | honeymoon | |
| 美满 美滿 | happy; blissful | |
| 坟 墳 | grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book | |
| 退回 退回 | to return (an item); to send back; to go back | |
| 弥漫 彌漫 | to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) | |
| 满怀 滿懷 | to have one's heart filled with; (to collide) full on; (of farm animals) heavy with young | |
| 捍卫 捍衛 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | |
| 周到 周到 | thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhōu dao] | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse |