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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不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
大头 大頭 dà tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
部落 部落 bù luò tribe ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
上船 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
医学院 醫學院 yī xué yuàn medical school ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
孩子气 孩子氣 hái zi qì boyish; childish; childishness ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
小头 小頭 xiǎo tóu the smaller part or share of sth ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
小船 小船 xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
平地 平地 píng dì to level the land; level ground; plain ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
大节 大節 dà jié major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character ∼HSK 2
出海 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
有一套 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
开船 開船 kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
东南 東南 dōng nán southeast HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
排队 排隊 pái duì to line up HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
洗澡 洗澡 xǐ zǎo to bathe; to take a shower HSK 2