Too Late for Love

Too Late for Love 1967

烽火万里情 fēnghuǒ wànlǐ qíng

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.

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Vocabulary

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溜冰鞋 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes; ice skates; roller skates; roller blades ∼HSK 6
姨父 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister; uncle ∼HSK 6
看惯 看慣 kàn guàn to be used to the sight of ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side ∼HSK 6
吹奏 吹奏 chuī zòu to play (wind instruments) ∼HSK 6
丝缕 絲縷 sī lǚ silk thread ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
气喘 氣喘 qì chuǎn to gasp for breath; asthma ∼HSK 6
岳丈 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) ∼HSK 6
不吉利 不吉利 bù jí lì ominous ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
欺侮 欺侮 qī wǔ to bully ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
增援 增援 zēng yuán to reinforce ∼HSK 6
梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line ∼HSK 6
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique ∼HSK 6
绝情 絕情 jué qíng heartless; without regard for others' feelings ∼HSK 6
母爱 母愛 mǔ ài maternal love ∼HSK 6
副官 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp ∼HSK 6
潇潇 瀟瀟 xiāo xiāo (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering ∼HSK 6
庭园 庭園 tíng yuán flower garden ∼HSK 6
怅惘 悵惘 chàng wǎng distracted; listless; in low spirits ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
反攻 反攻 fǎn gōng to counterattack; a counteroffensive ∼HSK 6
炮兵 炮兵 pào bīng artillery soldier; gunner ∼HSK 6
凄楚 悽楚 qī chǔ sad; wretched; miserable ∼HSK 6
荒草 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland ∼HSK 6
凄苦 悽苦 qī kǔ bleak; miserable ∼HSK 6
短促 短促 duǎn cù short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice) HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
花瓶 花瓶 huā píng flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
盼望 盼望 pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6
远方 遠方 yuǎn fāng far away; a distant location HSK 6
眼看 眼看 yǎn kàn soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens HSK 6
来往 來往 lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
不便 不便 bù biàn inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
担忧 擔憂 dān yōu to worry; to be concerned HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6