Song of Orchid Island 1965
兰屿之歌
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.
Vocabulary
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| 好不 好不 | not at all...; how very... | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 听不见 聽不見 | not be able to hear | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 去你的 去你的 | Get along with you! | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 玩笑 玩笑 | to joke; joke; jest | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 北边 北邊 | north; north side; northern part; to the north of | |
| 后边 後邊 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 一回事 一回事 | one and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another) | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 多年来 多年來 | for the past many years | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 饭店 飯店 | restaurant; hotel | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 地图 地圖 | map | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 明年 明年 | next year | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest |