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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缠 纏 chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
傻瓜 傻瓜 shǎ guā idiot; fool HSK 7
残忍 殘忍 cán rěn cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless HSK 7
浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over; from head to foot HSK 7
采 採 cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
祈祷 祈禱 qí dǎo to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
发神经 發神經 fā shén jīng (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
露营 露營 lù yíng to camp out; camping ∼HSK 6
海龟 海龜 hǎi guī turtle; Internet slang for ∼HSK 6
珠子 珠子 zhū zi pearl; bead ∼HSK 6
荒岛 荒島 huāng dǎo barren or uninhabited island ∼HSK 6
本岛 本島 běn dǎo main island ∼HSK 6
一走了之 一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit ∼HSK 6
舢舨 舢舨 shān bǎn variant of ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
磨擦 磨擦 mó cā variant of ∼HSK 6
好惹 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating; easy to push around ∼HSK 6
渔人 漁人 yú rén fisherman ∼HSK 6
采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
神志昏迷 神志昏迷 shén zhì hūn mí to be in a state of delirium ∼HSK 6
树苗 樹苗 shù miáo sapling ∼HSK 6
洗净 洗淨 xǐ jìng to wash clean ∼HSK 6
脸庞 臉龐 liǎn páng face ∼HSK 6
闭起 閉起 bì qǐ to shut ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
睁开 睜開 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
凑足 湊足 còu zú to scrape together enough (people, money etc) ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
昏 昏 hūn muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6