Unfinished Melody 1969
碧海青天夜夜心
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
Vocabulary
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| 发誓 發誓 | to vow; to pledge; to swear | |
| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 车祸 車禍 | traffic accident; car crash | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 温柔 溫柔 | gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) | |
| 孤单 孤單 | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 栋 棟 | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 同甘共苦 同甘共苦 | shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse | Idiom |
| 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth | Idiom |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 医治 醫治 | medical treatment | |
| 谆谆 諄諄 | earnest; devoted; tireless; sincere; assiduous | |
| 患难 患難 | trials and tribulations | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 苍天 蒼天 | firmament | |
| 冷清 冷清 | cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted | |
| 陪嫁 陪嫁 | dowry | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 惹起 惹起 | provoke, incite; stir up; arouse (attention) | |
| 欢畅 歡暢 | happy; cheerful; jubilant | |
| 舞伴 舞伴 | dancing partner | |
| 怪样 怪樣 | odd expression; funny looks; queer face; to grimace; to give sb funny looks; to pull faces | |
| 漂流 漂流 | to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting | |
| 老伯 老伯 | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
| 异乡 異鄉 | foreign land; a place far from home | |
| 私奔 私奔 | to elope | |
| 憔悴 憔悴 | wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered | |
| 服侍 服侍 | to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] |