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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聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
吓 嚇 hè to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
射 䠶 shè to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
区域 區域 qū yù area; region; district HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
雅美族 雅美族 Yǎ měi zú Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰屿 蘭嶼 Lán yǔ Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太平洋战争 太平洋戰爭 Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēng Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
小岛 小島 Xiǎo dǎo Kojima (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天主 天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism); abbr. for, Catholicism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
神父 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) ∼HSK 4
虫 蟲 chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
峰 峯 fēng peak, summit; hump of camel ∼HSK 4
脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off ∼HSK 4
小屋 小屋 xiǎo wū cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
各方 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
志趣 志趣 zhì qù inclination; interest ∼HSK 4
光圈 光圈 guāng quān aperture; diaphragm; halo; aureole ∼HSK 4
微生物 微生物 wēi shēng wù microorganism ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
打呼 打呼 dǎ hū to snore ∼HSK 4
武士 武士 wǔ shì warrior; samurai ∼HSK 4
不简单 不簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
苦头 苦頭 kǔ tou sufferings ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
有责任 有責任 yǒu zé rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever; high temperature ∼HSK 4
降下 降下 jiàng xià to fall; to drop ∼HSK 4
分之 分之 fēn zhī (indicating a fraction) HSK 4
叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf; (slang) marijuana HSK 4