The Mermaid

The Mermaid 1965

鱼美人 yú měirén

A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy of a beautiful woman to win the heart of a lonely male scholar.

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桃红 桃紅 táo hóng pink ∼HSK 5
绛 絳 Jiàng deep red; river in Shanxi provinc ∼HSK 5
唇 唇 chún lips ∼HSK 5
袄 襖 ǎo outer garments; coat, jacket ∼HSK 5
害人 害人 hài rén to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious ∼HSK 5
九尾狐 九尾狐 jiǔ wěi hú nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) ∼HSK 5
狸 狸 lí fox ∼HSK 5
拔根 拔根 bá gēn (lit. and fig.) to uproot ∼HSK 5
芦 蘆 lú rushes, reeds ∼HSK 5
多礼 多禮 duō lǐ too polite; overcourteous ∼HSK 5
可恼 可惱 kě nǎo aggravating; irritating ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
变幻 變幻 biàn huàn to change irregularly; to fluctuate ∼HSK 5
闯进 闖進 chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5
少管闲事 少管閒事 shǎo guǎn xián shì Mind your own business!; Don't interfere! ∼HSK 5
执掌 執掌 zhí zhǎng to wield (power etc) ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
叙 敘 xù express, state, relate, narrate ∼HSK 5
衷 衷 zhōng inner feelings ∼HSK 5
怒 怒 nù anger ∼HSK 5
可恨 可恨 kě hèn hateful ∼HSK 5
黉 黌 hóng school ∼HSK 5
越礼 越禮 yuè lǐ to overstep etiquette; not to observe priorities ∼HSK 5
两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same; different ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
有违 有違 yǒu wéi to run counter to ∼HSK 5
徇 徇 xùn comply with, follow; display ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
声响 聲響 shēng xiǎng sound; noise ∼HSK 5
钧 鈞 jūn unit of measure equivalent to thirty catties ∼HSK 5
胆战 膽戰 dǎn zhàn to tremble with fear ∼HSK 5
尘 塵 chén dust; dirt; earth ∼HSK 5
觅 覓 mì seek; search ∼HSK 5
逃往 逃往 táo wǎng to run away; to go into exile ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
擒 擒 qín capture ∼HSK 5
定罪 定罪 dìng zuì to convict (sb of a crime) ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
诛 誅 zhū execute, kill, put to death; punish ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
遵 遵 zūn obey, comply with, follow; honor ∼HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5
勤奋 勤奮 qín fèn hardworking; diligent HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5
依照 依照 yī zhào according to; in light of HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5