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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| 夜里 夜裡 | during the night; at night; nighttime | |
| 天上 天上 | celestial; heavenly | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 得出 得出 | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 东方 東方 | east | |
| 阴 陰 | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia | |
| 花园 花園 | garden | |
| 分开 分開 | to separate; to part | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 湖 湖 | lake | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 道路 道路 | road; path; way | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 取得 取得 | to acquire; to get; to obtain | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 网 網 | net; network | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 假 假 | fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose |