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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船长 船長 chuán zhǎng captain (of a boat); skipper HSK 6
海底 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
教堂 教堂 jiào táng church; chapel HSK 6
看好 看好 kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
串 串 chuàn to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across HSK 6
孤儿 孤兒 gū ér orphan HSK 6
磨 磨 mó to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist HSK 6
约定 約定 yuē dìng 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 HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
收藏 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out HSK 6
药品 藥品 yào pǐn medicaments; medicine; drug HSK 6
混乱 混亂 hùn luàn confusion; chaos; disorder HSK 6
趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
踩 跴 cǎi to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote HSK 6
赌 賭 dǔ to bet; to gamble HSK 6
精 精 jīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) HSK 6
原谅 原諒 yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive; to pardon HSK 6
嗨 嗨 hāi oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) HSK 6
闭 閉 bì to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct HSK 6
岛 島 dǎo island HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
错过 錯過 cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc) HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
哇 哇 wā Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng - bù xiǎng (idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
秒 秒 miǎo second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly Colloquialism HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
神庙 神廟 shén miào temple ∼HSK 5
螺 螺 luó spiral shell; conch; spiral ∼HSK 5
屿 嶼 yǔ island ∼HSK 5
胶卷 膠卷 jiāo juǎn film; roll of film; also written 膠捲|胶卷 ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
敝 敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
令尊 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
禄 祿 lù blessing, happiness, prosperity ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
傻话 傻話 shǎ huà foolish talk; nonsense ∼HSK 5