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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| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 飞行 飛行 | (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation | |
| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 人才 人才 | talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 服装 服裝 | dress; clothing; costume; clothes | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 文化 文化 | culture; civilization; cultural | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 对手 對手 | opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 保险 保險 | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit |