Between Tears and Smiles

Between Tears and Smiles 1964

故都春梦 gù dōu chūnmèng

Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.

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4.52 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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学徒 學徒 xué tú apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
军需 軍需 jūn xū military supplies ∼HSK 6
惹事 惹事 rě shì to cause trouble ∼HSK 6
一见如故 一見如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight ∼HSK 6
舞伴 舞伴 wǔ bàn dancing partner ∼HSK 6
吊膀子 吊膀子 diào bàng zi (dialect) to flirt (derog.) ∼HSK 6
死胡同 死衚衕 sǐ hú tòng dead end; blind alley ∼HSK 6
贵客 貴客 guì kè honored guest ∼HSK 6
临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home; facing one's home; home-coming; (soccer) facing the goalmouth ∼HSK 6
充好 充好 chōng hǎo to substitute shoddy goods ∼HSK 6
俗人 俗人 sú rén common people; laity (i.e. not priests) ∼HSK 6
直爽 直爽 zhí shuǎng straightforward; outspoken ∼HSK 6
冷清清 冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
逗人 逗人 dòu rén amusing; funny; entertaining ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife ∼HSK 6
许配 許配 xǔ pèi to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages) ∼HSK 6
欺人 欺人 qī rén bully others ∼HSK 6
绝交 絕交 jué jiāo to break off relations; to break with sb ∼HSK 6
享福 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
同台 同臺 tóng tái to appear on the same stage ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
绫罗绸缎 綾羅綢緞 líng - luó - chóu - duàn (idiom) silk and satin ∼HSK 6
豪爽 豪爽 háo shuǎng outspoken and straightforward; forthright; expansive ∼HSK 6
掷骰子 擲骰子 zhì tóu zi to throw the dice ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game; grand slam; fig. total success ∼HSK 6
筒子 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for ∼HSK 6
风言风语 風言風語 fēng yán fēng yǔ gossip; slanderous rumors (idiom); idle talk behind one's back ∼HSK 6
犯不上 犯不上 fàn bu shàng not worthwhile ∼HSK 6
水蜜桃 水蜜桃 shuǐ mì táo honey peach; juicy peach ∼HSK 6
上钩 上鉤 shàng gōu to take the bait ∼HSK 6
酒席 酒席 jiǔ xí feast; banquet ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows; the common people ∼HSK 6
焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor) ∼HSK 6
凌辱 凌辱 líng rǔ to insult; to humiliate; to bully ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person; baldy ∼HSK 6
不识字 不識字 bù shí zì illiterate ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
求情 求情 qiú qíng to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor ∼HSK 6
魔王 魔王 mó wáng demon king ∼HSK 6
误事 誤事 wù shì to hold things up; to make a botch of things ∼HSK 6
羊入虎口 羊入虎口 yáng rù hǔ kǒu lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground ∼HSK 6
门禁森严 門禁森嚴 mén jìn sēn yán strictly guarded entry; tight security at the gate (idiom) ∼HSK 6