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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| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 进退为难 進退為難 | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation | Idiom |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 春秋 春秋 | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 银河 銀河 | Milky Way | Proper Noun |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 千金 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 王朝 王朝 | dynasty | |
| 相会 相會 | to meet together | |
| 双双 雙雙 | both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 乱真 亂真 | to pass off as genuine; spurious | |
| 父 父 | father; KangXi radical 88 | |
| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 变心 變心 | to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth; to fall out of love with sb | |
| 和合 和合 | harmony | |
| 赶车 趕車 | to drive a cart | |
| 架桥 架橋 | to bridge; to put up a bridge |