The Mermaid

The Mermaid 1965

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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Vocabulary

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zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
chuǎng to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash ∼HSK 4
private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
zài where?; what place? ∼HSK 4
yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
yǒng shēng to live forever; eternal life; all one's life ∼HSK 4
chūn colors of spring; spring scenery ∼HSK 4
zòng leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 4
liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
fàn to drift, float; careless, reckless ∼HSK 4
luò dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous ∼HSK 4
gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
liang to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind ∼HSK 4
shū àn writing desk; official record ∼HSK 4
chén chén deeply; heavily ∼HSK 4
běn yīng should have; ought to have ∼HSK 4
feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
mèng jìng dreamland ∼HSK 4
hán shì (old) impoverished scholar ∼HSK 4
xiāng to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4
huā flowery ∼HSK 4
hán bāo (of a plant) to be in bud ∼HSK 4
zhé yāo to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit ∼HSK 4
xiá faultless; perfect ∼HSK 4
Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
guān huàn functionary; official ∼HSK 4
dǎo to take turns (responsibility); to replace ∼HSK 4
tuō to cleanse; to purge; to wash away ∼HSK 4
drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
dān xíng to come individually; to treat separately; separate edition; one-way traffic ∼HSK 4
xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
jiù bīng relief troops; reinforcements ∼HSK 4
bào píng to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else) ∼HSK 4
láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
xiū guài don't blame (sb) ∼HSK 4
to live away from home ∼HSK 4
duàn àn to judge a case ∼HSK 4
shī yán slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret ∼HSK 4
jiàn liàng please forgive me ∼HSK 4
huà zěn jiǎng How do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so? ∼HSK 4