Song of Orchid Island

Song of Orchid Island 1965

兰屿之歌 lányǔ zhī gē

Dr. Ho decides to move to a backward island off the coast of Taiwan to look for his missing father. He meets nurse Ya Lan (Cheng Pei-Pei) who falls in love with him. But dastardly doings are afoot as Dr. Ho's enemies plot against him.

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Vocabulary

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胆小鬼 膽小鬼 dǎn xiǎo guǐ coward Xiehouyu HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
亲热 親熱 qīn rè affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb Colloquialism HSK 7
甚至于 甚至於 shèn zhì yú so much (that); even (to the extent that) HSK 7
算盘 算盤 suàn pán abacus; plan; scheme HSK 7
下海 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
忧愁 憂愁 yōu chóu to be worried HSK 7
一刹那 一剎那 yī chà nà a moment; an instant; in a flash HSK 7
打猎 打獵 dǎ liè to go hunting HSK 7
打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) HSK 7
通通 通通 tōng tōng all; entire; complete HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
吓唬 嚇唬 xià hu to scare; to frighten HSK 7
敬佩 敬佩 jìng pèi to esteem; to admire HSK 7
老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away HSK 7
周到 周到 zhōu dào thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhōu dao] HSK 7
泥土 泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
潜水 潛水 qián shuǐ to dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
望远镜 望遠鏡 wàng yuǎn jìng binoculars; telescope HSK 7
匆忙 匆忙 cōng máng hasty; hurried HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
下落 下落 xià luò whereabouts; to drop; to fall HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
痒 癢 yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
诊所 診所 zhěn suǒ clinic HSK 7
出身 出身 chū shēn to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
美人 美人 měi rén beauty; belle HSK 7
充 充 chōng sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as HSK 7
祭 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield HSK 7
佩服 佩服 pèi fú to admire HSK 7
海滩 海灘 hǎi tān beach HSK 7
魔术 魔術 mó shù magic HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
用力 用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically HSK 7
勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough HSK 7
发誓 發誓 fā shì to vow; to pledge; to swear HSK 7
喉咙 喉嚨 hóu lóng the throat HSK 7
愚蠢 愚蠢 yú chǔn silly; stupid HSK 7
拦 攔 lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
魔鬼 魔鬼 mó guǐ devil HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7