The Lark 1965
小云雀
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
Vocabulary
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| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 阿明 阿明 | Al-Amin | |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 时间不早了 時間不早了 | it's getting late; time's getting on | |
| 伤人 傷人 | to injure sb | |
| 总管 總管 | to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward | |
| 春光 春光 | scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 心房 心房 | heart (as the seat of emotions); cardiac atrium | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 点钟 點鐘 | (indicating time of day) o'clock | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 三围 三圍 | BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust, waist and hip | |
| 阿飞 阿飛 | hoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 内弟 內弟 | wife's younger brother | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 感觉到 感覺到 | to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware | |
| 出力 出力 | to exert oneself | |
| 半死 半死 | half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb | |
| 迷惘 迷惘 | perplexed; at a loss | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 不注意 不注意 | thoughtless; not pay attention to | |
| 保不住 保不住 | cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well | |
| 朝朝暮暮 朝朝暮暮 | from dawn to dusk; all the time | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 麦 麥 | wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of KangXi radical number 199 | |
| 新闻记者 新聞記者 | journalist | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 花光 花光 | to spend all one's money | |
| 破费 破費 | to spend (money or time) | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 秀 秀 | ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful | |
| 休息室 休息室 | lobby; lounge | |
| 深闺 深閨 | lady's private room or bedroom; boudoir | |
| 烟头 煙頭 | cigarette butt; fag-end | |
| 伤风 傷風 | to catch cold | |
| 上心 上心 | carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth | |
| 空心 空心 | hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside; (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop) | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 春风 春風 | spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
| 本相 本相 | original form | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 乱写 亂寫 | to write without basis | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 有的时候 有的時候 | sometimes; at times | |
| 心地 心地 | character |