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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| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 催 催 | to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 弥补 彌補 | to complement; to make up for a deficiency | |
| 窝 窩 | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 烦恼 煩惱 | to be worried; to be distressed; worries | |
| 无比 無比 | incomparable; matchless | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 慈善 慈善 | benevolent; charitable | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 港 港 | harbor; port | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 孤单 孤單 | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 情报 情報 | information; intelligence | |
| 吻 吻 | kiss; to kiss; mouth | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 | to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof | Idiom |
| 标新立异 標新立異 | to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 | lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact | Idiom |
| 吞吞吐吐 吞吞吐吐 | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back | Idiom |
| 敲竹杠 敲竹槓 | extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness | Idiom |
| 海誓山盟 海誓山盟 | to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods | Idiom |
| 蛮不讲理 蠻不講理 | completely unreasonable | Xiehouyu |
| 饭桶 飯桶 | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 有情人 有情人 | lovers | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 | (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb | Colloquialism |
| 关你屁事 關你屁事 | (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! | Colloquialism |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |