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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春暖花开 春暖花開 chūn nuǎn huā kāi warm spring weather and blossoming flowers (idiom); fig. a fine spring scene; bright and promising conditions Idiom ∼HSK 7
天上人间 天上人間 tiān shàng rén jiān lit. heaven and the human world (idiom); fig. worlds apart; a vast difference; (also) a place of paradise Idiom ∼HSK 7
摇头晃脑 搖頭晃腦 yáo tóu huàng nǎo to wag one's head and rock one's brain (idiom); fig. to look smug or pedantic; to recite with self-satisfied gusto Idiom ∼HSK 7
人间天上 人間天上 rén jiān tiān shàng lit. on earth as in heaven (idiom); fig. a paradise on earth; surpassingly beautiful Idiom ∼HSK 7
吹吹打打 吹吹打打 chuī chuī dǎ dǎ with much blowing of horns and beating of drums (idiom); a noisy, festive fanfare Idiom ∼HSK 7
拒人于千里之外 拒人於千里之外 jù rén yú qiān lǐ zhī wài lit. to keep people a thousand li away (idiom); fig. to be cold and aloof; to keep others at arm's length Idiom ∼HSK 7
天昏地暗 天昏地暗 tiān hūn dì àn lit. the sky dark and the earth dim (idiom); fig. in utter darkness; in a state of chaos and confusion Idiom ∼HSK 7
萍水相逢 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 chóu méi kǔ liǎn to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable Idiom HSK 7
自由自在 自由自在 zì yóu zì zài free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely Idiom HSK 7
心酸 心酸 xīn suān to feel sad Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
窑 窯 yáo kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel Colloquialism HSK 7
瑞雪 瑞雪 ruì xuě timely snow HSK 7
仙鹤 仙鶴 xiān hè red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) HSK 7
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
喜洋洋 喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy HSK 7
害臊 害臊 hài sào to be bashful; to feel ashamed HSK 7
烦闷 煩悶 fán mèn moody; gloomy HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de unable to change sth; unable to deal with HSK 7
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit HSK 7
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself) HSK 7
分寸 分寸 fēn cun propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
来年 來年 lái nián next year; the coming year HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind) HSK 7
破例 破例 pò lì to make an exception HSK 7
境遇 境遇 jìng yù circumstance HSK 7
牡丹 牡丹 Mǔ dan Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
盘算 盤算 pán suàn to plot; to scheme; to calculate HSK 7
忧愁 憂愁 yōu chóu to be worried HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
凄凉 悽涼 qī liáng mournful; miserable HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
嫌弃 嫌棄 xián qì to regard with disdain; to shun HSK 7
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) HSK 7
迟疑 遲疑 chí yí to hesitate HSK 7