A Maid from Heaven

A Maid from Heaven 1963

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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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gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
- kào (idiom) having nothing to rely on; on one's own Idiom ∼HSK 6
xiāo yáo zai free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large Idiom ∼HSK 6
sān fān liǎng repeatedly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
chě chě to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way; (derog.) to hobnob; to consort Idiom ∼HSK 6
fēi qīn fēi lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way Idiom ∼HSK 6
jiā pín extreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless; poor as church mice Idiom ∼HSK 6
chéng jiā to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
nián gāo shào to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
hǎi - shí làn lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time Idiom ∼HSK 6
qiān guà to have no cares; to be carefree Idiom ∼HSK 6
gān xīn qíng yuàn willingly and gladly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
xīn dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
dǎn zhàn xīn jīng to tremble with fear (idiom); scared witless Idiom ∼HSK 6
shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom); fig. two hearts beating as one; name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish Idiom ∼HSK 6
wéi - rén (idiom) to be wealthy and heartless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
bēi bāo to have a weight on one's mind; to take on a mental burden Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
jiàn jiù to refuse to save someone in mortal danger (idiom); to stand by while another perishes Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
qiáo single-log bridge; (fig.) difficult path Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
yǒu to have an abundance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
zhuāng jia rén (coll.) farmer Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
niáng (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
wáng Father (royal address) ∼HSK 6
xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
xiān female immortal; sorceress ∼HSK 6
zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
tiān tíng Celestial Court ∼HSK 6
fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼HSK 6
jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner ∼HSK 6
zhī woven cloth; to weave cloth ∼HSK 6
zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
gēng zhòng to till; to cultivate ∼HSK 6
zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6