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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| 映 映 | to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) | |
| 宠 寵 | to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 把手 把手 | to shake hands | |
| 俗 俗 | custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular | |
| 萝卜 蘿蔔 | radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜 | |
| 一旁 一旁 | aside; to the side of | |
| 无耻 無恥 | without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless | |
| 万分 萬分 | very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part | |
| 人情 人情 | human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn | |
| 皱 皺 | to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease | |
| 水面 水面 | water surface | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 无意 無意 | inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth) | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 邀 邀 | to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 深夜 深夜 | very late at night | |
| 感恩 感恩 | to be grateful | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 大地 大地 | earth; mother earth | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 审 審 | to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 扬 揚 | to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate | |
| 故 故 | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | |
| 永不 永不 | never; will never | |
| 处置 處置 | to handle; to take care of; to punish | |
| 训 訓 | to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule | |
| 但愿 但願 | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 来临 來臨 | to approach; to come closer | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 狮子 獅子 | Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 回归 回歸 | to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 审判 審判 | a trial; to try sb | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek |