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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| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 小云雀 小雲雀 | (bird species of China) oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula) | |
| 娱乐界 娛樂界 | the entertainment world; show business | |
| 帐单 帳單 | bill; check | |
| 歌喉 歌喉 | singing voice | |
| 鬼混 鬼混 | to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 漫漫 漫漫 | long; endless; boundless | |
| 承蒙 承蒙 | to be indebted (to sb) | |
| 客串 客串 | to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for | |
| 今朝 今朝 | today (literary) | |
| 小巷 小巷 | alley | |
| 叮咛 叮嚀 | to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently | |
| 稿费 稿費 | author's remuneration | |
| 委托书 委託書 | commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant | |
| 烧焦 燒焦 | to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred | |
| 兜风 兜風 | to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air | |
| 天地良心 天地良心 | in all honesty; truth to tell | |
| 云雀 雲雀 | (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) | |
| 凯旋 凱旋 | to return in triumph; to return victorious | |
| 全权代表 全權代表 | a plenipotentiary (representative) | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 飘落 飄落 | to float down; to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc) | |
| 蒙蒙 濛濛 | drizzle (of rain or snow) | |
| 迷蒙 迷濛 | misty | |
| 嘹喨 嘹喨 | variant of | |
| 梳头 梳頭 | to comb one's hair | |
| 盲肠炎 盲腸炎 | appendicitis | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 赔罪 賠罪 | to apologize | |
| 磕头 磕頭 | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 有情 有情 | to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) | |
| 宽限 寬限 | to extend (a deadline etc) | |
| 娇羞 嬌羞 | bashful; shy; shyness; modesty | |
| 脸庞 臉龐 | face | |
| 窈窕 窈窕 | (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded | |
| 放浪 放浪 | unrestrained; dissolute; dissipated; unconventional; immoral; to debauch; to dissipate | |
| 交帐 交帳 | to settle accounts | |
| 恍惚 恍惚 | absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly | |
| 露珠 露珠 | dewdrop | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 爱慕虚荣 愛慕虛榮 | vain | |
| 贪图 貪圖 | to covet; to seek (riches, fame) | |
| 造谣 造謠 | to start a rumor | |
| 精明能干 精明能幹 | able and efficient | |
| 阔佬 闊佬 | wealthy person; millionaire | |
| 讲理 講理 | to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable | |
| 鸡窝 雞窩 | chicken coop |