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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| 莉 莉 | white jasmine | |
| 傍 傍 | by side of, beside, near, close | |
| 小毛虫 小毛蟲 | slug | |
| 孤 孤 | I (used by rulers); alone | |
| 有如 有如 | to be like sth; similar to; alike | |
| 幼小 幼小 | young; immature | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 诚心 誠心 | sincerity | |
| 潜 潛 | hide; hidden, secret, latent | |
| 糟了 糟了 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | |
| 不敢当 不敢當 | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me | |
| 礼拜天 禮拜天 | Sunday | |
| 招手 招手 | to wave; to beckon | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 迷信 迷信 | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 时常 時常 | often; frequently | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 研究所 研究所 | research institute; graduate studies; graduate school | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 蝴蝶 蝴蝶 | butterfly | |
| 助手 助手 | assistant; helper | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 紧紧 緊緊 | closely; tightly | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 打扮 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 画面 畫面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 线索 線索 | trail; clues; thread (of a story) | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 博士 博士 | doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D. | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent |