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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| 日日夜夜 日日夜夜 | day after day and night after night (idiom); continuously; day and night | Idiom |
| 春暖花开 春暖花開 | warm spring weather and blossoming flowers (idiom); fig. a fine spring scene; bright and promising conditions | Idiom |
| 无情无义 無情無義 | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless | Idiom |
| 无微不至 無微不至 | in every possible way (idiom); meticulous | Idiom |
| 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 栋梁 棟梁 | ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) | |
| 温习 溫習 | to review (a lesson etc) | |
| 侍候 侍候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 消沉 消沉 | depressed; bad mood; low spirit | |
| 死心 死心 | to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about | |
| 燕子 燕子 | swallow | |
| 下山 下山 | to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 郊外 郊外 | outskirts | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 开朗 開朗 | spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree | |
| 养活 養活 | to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth | |
| 木板 木板 | slab; board; plank | |
| 仙女 仙女 | fairy | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 玩弄 玩弄 | to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to | |
| 忍心 忍心 | to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task | |
| 辜负 辜負 | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 团聚 團聚 | to reunite; to have a reunion | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 亲生 親生 | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) | |
| 山顶 山頂 | hilltop | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 情愿 情願 | willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) | |
| 首饰 首飾 | jewelry; head ornament | |
| 绅士 紳士 | gentleman | |
| 忘掉 忘掉 | to forget | |
| 骗人 騙人 | to cheat sb; a scam | |
| 坦白 坦白 | honest; forthcoming; to confess | |
| 巧合 巧合 | coincidence; coincidental; to coincide | |
| 纠缠 糾纏 | to be in a tangle; to nag | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 浴室 浴室 | bathroom (room used for bathing) | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 砖 磚 | brick | |
| 大地 大地 | earth; mother earth | |
| 神圣 神聖 | divine; hallow; holy; sacred | |
| 辞 辤 | to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 词 |