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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怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
闯入 闖入 chuǎng rù to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
何在 何在 hé zài where?; what place? ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
永生 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever; eternal life; all one's life ∼HSK 4
春色 春色 chūn sè colors of spring; spring scenery ∼HSK 4
粽叶 粽葉 zòng yè leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 4
恋 戀 liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
泛 氾 fàn to drift, float; careless, reckless ∼HSK 4
落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
思量 思量 sī liang to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind ∼HSK 4
书案 書案 shū àn writing desk; official record ∼HSK 4
沉沉 沉沉 chén chén deeply; heavily ∼HSK 4
本应 本應 běn yīng should have; ought to have ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
梦境 夢境 mèng jìng dreamland ∼HSK 4
寒士 寒士 hán shì (old) impoverished scholar ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4
如花 如花 rú huā flowery ∼HSK 4
含苞 含苞 hán bāo (of a plant) to be in bud ∼HSK 4
折腰 折腰 zhé yāo to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit ∼HSK 4
无瑕 無瑕 wú xiá faultless; perfect ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
官宦 官宦 guān huàn functionary; official ∼HSK 4
倒替 倒替 dǎo tì to take turns (responsibility); to replace ∼HSK 4
洗脱 洗脫 xǐ tuō to cleanse; to purge; to wash away ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
单行 單行 dān xíng to come individually; to treat separately; separate edition; one-way traffic ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
救兵 救兵 jiù bīng relief troops; reinforcements ∼HSK 4
抱不平 抱不平 bào bù píng to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else) ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
休怪 休怪 xiū guài don't blame (sb) ∼HSK 4
寄居 寄居 jì jū to live away from home ∼HSK 4
断案 斷案 duàn àn to judge a case ∼HSK 4
失言 失言 shī yán slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret ∼HSK 4
见谅 見諒 jiàn liàng please forgive me ∼HSK 4
此话怎讲 此話怎講 cǐ huà zěn jiǎng How do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so? ∼HSK 4