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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戏 戲 xì trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
五光十色 五光十色 wǔ guāng - shí sè (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy Idiom ∼HSK 4
言而无信 言而無信 yán ér wú xìn untrustworthy; not true to one's word Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
穷酸 窮酸 qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
神话 神話 shén huà legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology Xiehouyu HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同心 同心 Tóng xīn Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
织女 織女 Zhī nǚ Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
牛郎 牛郎 Niú láng Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
包公 包公 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神女 神女 Shén nǚ The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丰润 豐潤 Fēng rùn Fengrun district of Tangshan city, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永安 永安 Yǒng ān Yong'an, a county-level city in Sanming City, Fujian; Yong'an, the name of numerous other places Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏秦 蘇秦 Sū Qín Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
开封府 開封府 Kāi fēng fǔ Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阎罗王 閻羅王 Yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秀才 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
霹雳 霹靂 Pī lì Perak (state of Malaysia) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雷公 雷公 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
水底 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
羡 羨 xiàn envy, admire; praise; covet ∼HSK 4
悔婚 悔婚 huǐ hūn to break a promise of marriage ∼HSK 4
未成 未成 wèi chéng incomplete; unfinished ∼HSK 4
变作 變作 biàn zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 4