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.

HSK 1

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Vocabulary

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不尽不盡 bù jìn	not completely; endlessly	∼HSK 6
郎君郎君 láng jūn	young gentleman, husband	∼HSK 6
不清不清 bù qīng	unclear	∼HSK 6
父母双亡父母雙亡 fù mǔ shuāng wáng	to have lost both one's parents	∼HSK 6
多情多情 duō qíng	affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental	∼HSK 6
情义情義 qíng yì	affection; comradeship	∼HSK 6
畜牲畜牲 chù shēng	variant of	∼HSK 6
妖魔妖魔 yāo mó	evil spirit	∼HSK 6
妖孽妖孽 yāo niè	evil omen, monster	∼HSK 6
清正清正 qīng zhèng	upright and honorable	∼HSK 6
凡心凡心 fán xīn	reluctance to leave this world; heart set on the mundane	∼HSK 6
贫寒貧寒 pín hán	poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished	∼HSK 6
彷徨彷徨 páng huáng	to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver	∼HSK 6
若然若然 ruò rán	if; if so	∼HSK 6
切莫切莫 qiè mò	you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it)	∼HSK 6
信口胡言信口胡言 xìn kǒu hú yán	to talk nonsense off the top of one's head (idiom); to blather recklessly	∼HSK 6
岂能豈能 qǐ néng	how could ...?; how can it be that ...? (rhetorical)	∼HSK 6
鸳鸯鴛鴦 yuān yāng	(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple	∼HSK 6
亮晶晶亮晶晶 liàng jīng jīng	gleaming; glistening	∼HSK 6
笑盈盈笑盈盈 xiào yíng yíng	smilingly; to be all smiles	∼HSK 6
比翼比翼 bǐ yì	(flying) wing to wing	∼HSK 6
有情有情 yǒu qíng	to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism)	∼HSK 6
岂不豈不 qǐ bù	how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...?	∼HSK 6
事到如今事到如今 shì dào rú jīn	as matters stand; things having reached this stage	∼HSK 6
爹娘爹孃 diē niáng	(dialect) parents	∼HSK 6
公案公案 gōng àn	judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism)	∼HSK 6
作祟作祟 zuò suì	haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief	∼HSK 6
恩爱恩愛 ēn ài	loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love	∼HSK 6
异类異類 yì lèi	different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)	∼HSK 6
凡人凡人 fán rén	ordinary person; mortal; earthling	∼HSK 6
荒废荒廢 huāng fèi	to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)	∼HSK 6
禀告稟告 bǐng gào	to report (to one's superior)	∼HSK 6
家业家業 jiā yè	family property	∼HSK 6
有何有何 yǒu hé	what is there	∼HSK 6
世伯世伯 shì bó	uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend	∼HSK 6
遵命遵命 zūn mìng	obey the order	∼HSK 6
依傍依傍 yī bàng	to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model)	∼HSK 6
波荡波蕩 bō dàng	heave; surge	∼HSK 6
成文成文 chéng wén	written; statutory	∼HSK 6
波光波光 bō guāng	gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight	∼HSK 6
浮沉浮沉 fú chén	ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge	∼HSK 6
怎比怎比 zěn bǐ	how compares to	∼HSK 6
娇生惯养嬌生慣養 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng	pampered and spoiled since childhood	∼HSK 6
飘零飄零 piāo líng	to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless	∼HSK 6
命苦命苦 mìng kǔ	to be born under an ill star	∼HSK 6
灵性靈性 líng xìng	spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals)	∼HSK 6
顾盼顧盼 gù pàn	(literary) to look around; (literary) to care for	∼HSK 6
红妆紅妝 hóng zhuāng	beautiful feminine attire; (fig.) young woman	∼HSK 6
困倦睏倦 kùn juàn	tired; weary	∼HSK 6
诗文詩文 shī wén	poetry and literature	∼HSK 6