Double Bliss 1970
双喜临门
A musical comedy about two students returning home from abroad with plans to wed. However, their dads are bitter enemies and oppose the marriage.
Vocabulary
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| 十八层地狱 十八層地獄 | the eighteenth level of hell; the deepest pits of hell (idiom); the depths of suffering | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 门当户对 門當戶對 | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match | Idiom |
| 神气 神氣 | expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious | Xiehouyu |
| 内行 內行 | expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional | Xiehouyu |
| 休想 休想 | don't think (that); don't imagine (that) | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 啰唆 囉唆 | variant of 啰嗦 | |
| 搞鬼 搞鬼 | to make mischief; to play tricks | |
| 碍事 礙事 | to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter | |
| 挂号 掛號 | to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail | |
| 阎王 閻王 | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 纵然 縱然 | even if; even though | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 难为情 難為情 | embarrassed | |
| 遭殃 遭殃 | to suffer a calamity | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 流转 流轉 | to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital) | |
| 破除 破除 | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of | |
| 算账 算賬 | (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge | |
| 无故 無故 | without cause or reason | |
| 仇人 仇人 | foe; one's personal enemy | |
| 清静 清靜 | quiet; peaceful and quiet | |
| 理睬 理睬 | to heed; to pay attention to | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 平日 平日 | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually | |
| 阻拦 阻攔 | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 无理 無理 | irrational; unreasonable | |
| 胡闹 胡鬧 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | |
| 胸膛 胸膛 | chest | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 控告 控告 | to accuse; to charge; to indict | |
| 哑 啞 | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 提拔 提拔 | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion | |
| 着迷 著迷 | to be fascinated; to be captivated | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 专程 專程 | specifically; specially (for that purpose) | |
| 女婿 女婿 | daughter's husband; son-in-law | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 葬 塟 | to bury (the dead); to inter | |
| 夸奖 誇獎 | to praise; to applaud; to compliment | |
| 养活 養活 | to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth | |
| 恨不得 恨不得 | wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth |