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21:03 Apr 23, 2012 |
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| Selected response from: Brian Delsandro China Local time: 01:11 | ||||||
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4 +1 | ...this illicit relationship with the GMD? |
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4 | Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain |
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4 | Dream of Dream that sheers your secret desire |
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Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain Explanation: It is a novel by a Taiwanese author, and also a movie. Reference: http://baike.baidu.com/view/160214.htm Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072968/ |
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...this illicit relationship with the GMD? Explanation: That's the best I could do, maybe you'll want to change it based on what I read. The book title is correct, but is now also used as an idiom to express a fairly complicated sentiment. In the story the main female character is in love with a man she can never hope to get. The "pearls" of the "curtain" represent her dreams of being with him. Now the title is used to define an intimacy between two parties that cannot be fully engaged. |
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Dream of Dream that sheers your secret desire Explanation: It describe how the person (especially the female) is longing for her lover and being united with the lover till the end of time |
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