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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| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 滑稽 滑稽 | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang | |
| 古董 古董 | curio; antique | |
| 深情 深情 | deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about | |
| 携手 攜手 | hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate | |
| 首饰 首飾 | jewelry; head ornament | |
| 救济 救濟 | emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 发热 發熱 | to have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly; to emit heat | |
| 忍耐 忍耐 | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 呼唤 呼喚 | to call out (a name etc); to shout | |
| 后代 後代 | descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 徘徊 徘徊 | to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate | |
| 着想 著想 | to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng] | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 一手 一手 | a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help | |
| 体贴 體貼 | considerate (of other people's needs) | |
| 当真 當真 | to take seriously; serious; No joking, really! | |
| 条约 條約 | treaty; pact | |
| 片段 片段 | fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc) | |
| 赞美 讚美 | to admire; to praise; to eulogize | |
| 掩护 掩護 | to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover | |
| 赴 赴 | to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) | |
| 传染 傳染 | to infect; contagious | |
| 失眠 失眠 | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 来回 來回 | to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly | |
| 咳嗽 咳嗽 | to cough | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 回想 回想 | to recall; to recollect; to think back | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 骚扰 騷擾 | to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass | |
| 吓人 嚇人 | to scare; scary; frightening | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 演习 演習 | maneuver; exercise; practice; to maneuver | |
| 乐意 樂意 | to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied | |
| 顺着 順著 | to follow; following; along | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 席 席 | woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc | |
| 自私 自私 | selfish; selfishness | |
| 但愿 但願 | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) | |
| 陪伴 陪伴 | to accompany | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 永恒 永恆 | eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) |