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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Vocabulary

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成全 成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
蜘蛛网 蜘蛛網 zhī zhū wǎng cobweb; spider web ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
真身 真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God); true effigy ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
笔砚 筆硯 bǐ yàn writing brush and ink stone ∼HSK 2
名节 名節 míng jié reputation and integrity ∼HSK 2
急急忙忙 急急忙忙 jí jí máng máng hurriedly ∼HSK 2
前生 前生 qián shēng previous life; previous incarnation ∼HSK 2
云头 雲頭 yún tóu cloud ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
往前 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
眼花 眼花 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision ∼HSK 2
满门 滿門 mǎn mén the whole family ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
饱读 飽讀 bǎo dú to read intensively ∼HSK 2
生来 生來 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
云鬓 雲鬢 yún bìn a woman's beautiful, thick hair ∼HSK 2
满脸 滿臉 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face ∼HSK 2
妖气 妖氣 yāo qì sinister appearance; monster-like appearance ∼HSK 2
为夫 為夫 wéi fū (archaic) term used by a husband to refer to himself when speaking to his wife ∼HSK 2
高举 高舉 gāo jǔ to lift up; to hold high ∼HSK 2
生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
懵懂 懵懂 měng dǒng confused; ignorant ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
发笑 發笑 fā xiào to burst out laughing; to laugh ∼HSK 2
天意 天意 tiān yì providence; the Will of Heaven ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
真知 真知 zhēn zhī real knowledge ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
得道 得道 dé dào to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal ∼HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2