Susanna

Susanna 1967

shān shān

Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.

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Vocabulary

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chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia); Chinese parasol tree ∼HSK 6
cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
hūn dǎo to faint ∼HSK 6
zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
diāo mán crafty and unruly ∼HSK 6
jué zhèng incurable disease; terminal illness ∼HSK 6
jué jiāo to break off relations; to break with sb ∼HSK 6
dance music ∼HSK 6
chóu kuǎn fundraising ∼HSK 6
guǐ hùn to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly ∼HSK 6
lǎo uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
yìng yàn to come true; to come about as predicted; to be fulfilled ∼HSK 6
yǐng zōng gone without a trace ∼HSK 6
shàn meritorious deed; benevolent act ∼HSK 6
bié don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
chāng míng flourishing; thriving ∼HSK 6
fàng dàng licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained ∼HSK 6
xiè to take a curtain call; (fig.) to come to an end ∼HSK 6
zhè me yàng thus; in this way ∼HSK 6
xián (literary) (of a widower) to remarry ∼HSK 6
chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line ∼HSK 6
huáng dào an auspicious day (idiom); a lucky day chosen by the almanac for important undertakings ∼HSK 6
chán zuǐ gluttonous; glutton ∼HSK 6
wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
wén writings; writing style ∼HSK 6
xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
xiāo midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
zhèng fāng xíng square ∼HSK 6
chóu móu to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for ∼HSK 6
han variant of ∼HSK 6
tiǎo shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief ∼HSK 6
lǐng qíng to feel grateful to sb; to appreciate the kindness ∼HSK 6
yào wán pill ∼HSK 6
zhǐ tòng to relieve pain; to stop pain; analgesic ∼HSK 6
shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
míng míng zhī zhōng in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably ∼HSK 6
nang to mumble to oneself ∼HSK 6
píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction ∼HSK 6
to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
zhuō nòng to tease ∼HSK 6
děng can't wait ∼HSK 6
yuè full-term (gestation) ∼HSK 6
chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6