A Maid from Heaven 1963
七仙女
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.
Vocabulary
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| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 衙门 衙門 | yamen, government office in dynastic China | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 回禀 回稟 | to report back to one's superior | |
| 大风 大風 | gale | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 放风 放風 | to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out information | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 不由 不由 | can't help (doing sth) | |
| 一男半女 一男半女 | (idiom) a son or daughter; a child | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 和好 和好 | to become reconciled; on good terms with each other | |
| 语 語 | language, words; saying, expression | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 路口 路口 | crossing; intersection (of roads) | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 明年 明年 | next year | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 老人 老人 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 左 左 | surname Zuo | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 |