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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| 前途 前途 | prospects; future outlook; journey | |
| 健身 健身 | to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise | |
| 同情 同情 | to sympathize with; sympathy | |
| 喜爱 喜愛 | to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite | |
| 窗户 窗戶 | window | |
| 风景 風景 | scenery; landscape | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 刺激 刺激 | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 兴趣 興趣 | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 管不着 管不著 | to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 台前 臺前 | Taiqian county in Puyang, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 秀 秀 | ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 欢乐时光 歡樂時光 | happy time; happy hour (in bars etc) |