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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| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 亮光 亮光 | light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object | |
| 光大 光大 | splendid; magnificent; abbr. for, China Everbright Bank | |
| 医务所 醫務所 | clinic | |
| 光阴 光陰 | time available | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 谈天 談天 | to chat | |
| 活活 活活 | while still alive; simply; totally | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 化装 化裝 | (of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself | |
| 拍点 拍點 | (music) beat | |
| 过世 過世 | to die; to pass away | |
| 派对 派對 | (loanword) party | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 受得了 受得了 | to put up with; to endure | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 相爱 相愛 | to love each other | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 到任 到任 | to take office; to assume a post | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 月缺 月缺 | new moon | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 精神病 精神病 | mental disorder; psychosis | |
| 前后 前後 | around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 旅馆 旅館 | hotel | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 光明 光明 | light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 体会 體會 | to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience | |
| 广播 廣播 | broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 结合 結合 | to combine; to link; to integrate; binding | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 困 困 | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute | |
| 教练 教練 | instructor; sports coach; trainer |