A Maid from Heaven

A Maid from Heaven 1963

七仙女 qī xiānnǚ

Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go back to the immortal world.

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Vocabulary

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待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
自身难保 自身難保 zì shēn nán bǎo powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless Idiom ∼HSK 4
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
槐荫 槐蔭 Huái yīn Huaiyin, a district of Jinan city, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉帝 玉帝 Yùdì Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
织女 織女 Zhī nǚ Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
祥云 祥雲 Xiáng yún Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天宫 天宮 Tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
织女星 織女星 Zhī nǚ xīng Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
土地神 土地神 Tǔ dì Shén local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乐安 樂安 Lè ān Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
村姑 村姑 cūn gū village girl; country bumpkin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蓬莱 蓬萊 Péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
傅 傅 Fù tutor, teacher; assist; surname ∼HSK 4
姬 姬 Jī beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
何在 何在 hé zài where?; what place? ∼HSK 4
雨伞 雨傘 yǔ sǎn umbrella ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
松柏 松柏 sōng bǎi pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb ∼HSK 4
五色 五色 wǔ sè multicolored; the rainbow; garish ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor; single man ∼HSK 4
丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year; year with bumper harvest ∼HSK 4
寒窗 寒窗 hán chuāng a life of strenuous studies (idiom) ∼HSK 4
怜 憐 lián pity, sympathize ∼HSK 4
落泪 落淚 luò lèi to shed tears; to weep ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4