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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Vocabulary

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有鼻子有眼 有鼻子有眼 yǒu bí zi yǒu yǎn told with vivid, convincing detail (idiom); made to sound entirely true Idiom ∼HSK 7
望穿秋水 望穿秋水 wàng chuān qiū shuǐ lit. to gaze until the autumn waters are pierced (idiom); fig. to await someone with anxious, longing eyes; to long desperately Idiom ∼HSK 7
油头滑脑 油頭滑腦 yóu tóu huá nǎo oily-headed and slick-brained (idiom); slippery and crafty; flippant and unreliable Idiom ∼HSK 7
情意绵绵 情意綿綿 qíng yì mián mián full of tender affection (idiom); deeply attached; loving Idiom ∼HSK 7
胆战心寒 膽戰心寒 dǎn zhàn xīn hán to tremble with fear; terrified; struck with terror (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
吃喝玩乐 吃喝玩樂 chī hē wán lè to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure Idiom HSK 7
翻天覆地 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
冷落 冷落 lěng luò desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 7
吹牛 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) Xiehouyu HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
空虚 空虛 kōng xū hollow; emptiness; meaningless Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
碰钉子 碰釘子 pèng dīng zi to meet with a rebuff HSK 7
栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) HSK 7
华侨 華僑 Huá qiáo overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
痴心 痴心 chī xīn infatuation HSK 7
久仰 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. HSK 7
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
殷勤 殷勤 yīn qín politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive HSK 7
心慌 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat HSK 7
出丑 出醜 chū chǒu shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face HSK 7
冒昧 冒昧 mào mèi bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of HSK 7
喧哗 喧嘩 xuān huá hubbub; clamor; to make a racket HSK 7
难为情 難為情 nán wéi qíng embarrassed HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
敬酒 敬酒 jìng jiǔ to toast; to propose a toast HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
河畔 河畔 hé pàn riverside; river plain HSK 7
公事 公事 gōng shì work-related matters; documents HSK 7
筐 筐 kuāng basket HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement HSK 7
凄凉 悽涼 qī liáng mournful; miserable HSK 7
口子 口子 kǒu zi hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent HSK 7
没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest HSK 7
子孙 子孫 zǐ sūn offspring; posterity HSK 7
钉子 釘子 dīng zi nail; snag; saboteur HSK 7