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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| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 长途 長途 | long distance | |
| 树林 樹林 | Shulin city in New Taipei City 市, Taiwan | |
| 降落 降落 | to descend; to land | |
| 上个月 上個月 | last month | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 浅 淺 | sound of moving water | |
| 事先 事先 | in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior | |
| 秘书 秘書 | secretary | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 翻译 翻譯 | to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation | |
| 护士 護士 | nurse | |
| 拍照 拍照 | to take a picture | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 降低 降低 | to reduce; to lower; to bring down | |
| 医学 醫學 | medicine; medical science; study of medicine | |
| 划 划 | to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 申请 申請 | to apply for sth; application form | |
| 倍 倍 | (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 资料 資料 | material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean |