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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piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless ∼HSK 6
huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town ∼HSK 6
shí xiāng mán truth to tell; to be quite honest... ∼HSK 6
tiān bestowed by heaven ∼HSK 6
luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
qián interest (on a loan etc) ∼HSK 6
fǎng shā to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning ∼HSK 6
wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
zhuō to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
āi míng (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail ∼HSK 6
qīng somber; cheerless ∼HSK 6
nán gēng zhī men plow and women weave (idiom); a self-sufficient agrarian life with traditional division of labor ∼HSK 6
dān chéng to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) ∼HSK 6
piāo dàng variant of ∼HSK 6
five crops, e.g. millet, soybean, sesame, barley, rice or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley ∼HSK 6
liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat ∼HSK 6
shū jīng the Four Books and Five Classics; the Confucian canon (idiom) ∼HSK 6
tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through ∼HSK 6
nán hūn jià to celebrate a wedding ∼HSK 6
yíng (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) ∼HSK 6
zhōng hòu honest and considerate ∼HSK 6
rén to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) ∼HSK 6
fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
bié to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to) ∼HSK 6
xiá guāng multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset ∼HSK 6
piāo piāo to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost ∼HSK 6
dàng dàng fluttering ∼HSK 6
(flying) wing to wing ∼HSK 6
miǎn (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6
yǒu what is there ∼HSK 6
guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
chéng dāng to take on full responsibility single-handedly (idiom); to shoulder it all alone ∼HSK 6
diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
shuāng wáng to have lost both one's parents ∼HSK 6
滿 mǎn filled with; preoccupied with ∼HSK 6
fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice ∼HSK 6
yáng liǔ willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune ∼HSK 6
jiù old friends ∼HSK 6
zōng yǐng trace; vestige; presence ∼HSK 6
mìng hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate ∼HSK 6
xiāng féng to meet a stranger on the road (idiom); to encounter someone unknown by chance ∼HSK 6
shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
xiā cāi to make a wild guess; blind guess ∼HSK 6
yáo yuǎn it's a very long journey to get there ∼HSK 6
shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
qíng friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
huàn nàn trials and tribulations ∼HSK 6
tǎo rǎo I beg to disturb you; I trespass on your hospitality; Thank you for your hospitality! ∼HSK 6