The Mermaid 1965
鱼美人
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.
Vocabulary
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| 无罪 無罪 | innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) | |
| 法力 法力 | magic power | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 苦苦 苦苦 | strenuously; persistently; hard; painful | |
| 怀 懷 | bosom, breast; carry in bosom | |
| 爱怜 愛憐 | to show tenderness; to coo over; affection | |
| 梦中 夢中 | in a dream | |
| 片面 片面 | unilateral; one-sided | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 家务 家務 | household duties; housework | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 豆腐 豆腐 | tofu; bean curd | |
| 打扫 打掃 | to clean; to sweep | |
| 闪电 閃電 | lightning | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 弯 彎 | to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc) | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 败 敗 | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 含 含 | to keep in the mouth; to contain | |
| 移 移 | to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove | |
| 闪 閃 | to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 依然 依然 | still; as before | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) |