The Lark

The Lark 1965

小云雀 xiǎoyúnquè

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.

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4.15 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
泰国 泰國 Tài guó Thailand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云霄 雲霄 Yún xiāo Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新加坡 新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
非洲 非洲 Fēi zhōu Africa; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
大丈夫 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
掉下 掉下 diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
海棠 海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis) ∼HSK 2
改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways ∼HSK 2
响遍 響遍 xiǎng biàn to resound (all over the place) ∼HSK 2
满座 滿座 mǎn zuò fully booked; every seat taken ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
像话 像話 xiàng huà proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
在座 在座 zài zuò to be present ∼HSK 2
天边 天邊 tiān biān horizon; ends of the earth; remotest places ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
飞机场 飛機場 fēi jī chǎng airport; (slang) flat chest ∼HSK 2
闻人 聞人 wén rén famous person ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
不周 不周 bù zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
吹嘘 吹噓 chuī xū to brag ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
年轻有为 年輕有為 nián qīng yǒu wéi young and promising ∼HSK 2
报导 報導 bào dǎo to report (in the media); (news) report ∼HSK 2
弄到手 弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
身分 身分 shēn fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
急急忙忙 急急忙忙 jí jí máng máng hurriedly ∼HSK 2
哪知 哪知 nǎ zhī who would have imagined?; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2