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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| 冤仇 冤仇 | rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances | |
| 发牢骚 發牢騷 | to whine; to be grouchy | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 牛脾气 牛脾氣 | bullheadedness; stubborn | |
| 判官 判官 | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 勾搭 勾搭 | to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to | |
| 私情 私情 | personal considerations; love affair | |
| 别理 別理 | don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to | |
| 上刑 上刑 | severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture | |
| 服毒 服毒 | to take poison | |
| 因果报应 因果報應 | (Buddhism) retribution; karma | |
| 包涵 包涵 | to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant | |
| 公务人员 公務人員 | government functionary | |
| 千古奇闻 千古奇聞 | a tale unheard of through the ages (idiom); an extraordinary, sensational story | |
| 家常 家常 | the daily life of a family | |
| 母鸡 母雞 | hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 好似 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 养老 養老 | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement | |
| 曲子 曲子 | poem for singing; tune; music | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 总经理 總經理 | general manager; CEO | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 面向 面嚮 | to face; to turn towards; to incline to; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; facial feature; appearance; aspect; facet | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 演奏 演奏 | to perform on a musical instrument | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 办公 辦公 | to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office) | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 指定 指定 | to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated | |
| 约定 約定 | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it |