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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| 雪茄 雪茄 | cigar (loanword) | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 讲和 講和 | to make peace; to reconcile | |
| 男孩子 男孩子 | boy | |
| 睡得着 睡得著 | to fall asleep; to get to sleep | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 来得 來得 | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 加点 加點 | to work extra hours; to do overtime | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 狗腿 狗腿 | lackey; henchman | |
| 要面子 要面子 | to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 半夜三更 半夜三更 | (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 买通 買通 | to bribe | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 小鸡 小雞 | chick | |
| 弄到 弄到 | to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 不像话 不像話 | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous | |
| 爬山 爬山 | to climb a mountain; to mountaineer; hiking; mountaineering | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 小声 小聲 | in a low voice; (speak) in whispers | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 老朋友 老朋友 | old friend; (slang) period; menstruation | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 大海 大海 | sea; ocean | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 爱人 愛人 | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 青年 青年 | youth; youthful years; young person; the young | |
| 练习 練習 | to practice; exercise; drill; practice | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 以外 以外 | apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification |