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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不二 不二 bù èr the only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty) ∼HSK 1
俪影 儷影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple ∼HSK 1
明月 明月 míng yuè bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark ∼HSK 1
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out information ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man; boy; son ∼HSK 1
洗衣 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry ∼HSK 1
坐车 坐車 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc ∼HSK 1
难走 難走 nán zǒu hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad) ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition; family principles ∼HSK 1
衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China ∼HSK 1
不分 不分 bù fēn not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
请看 請看 qǐng kàn please see...; vide ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
上进 上進 shàng jìn to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
大笑 大笑 dà xiào to laugh heartily; a belly laugh ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
下车 下車 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
妹 妹 mèi younger sister HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
地上 地上 dì shang on the ground; on the floor HSK 1