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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如若 如若 rú ruò if ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
判明 判明 pàn míng to distinguish; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
奥妙无穷 奧妙無窮 ào miào wú qióng endlessly subtle and profound (idiom); boundlessly mysterious and wonderful ∼HSK 6
提审 提審 tí shěn to commit sb for trial; to bring sb for interrogation ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
真假难辨 真假難辨 zhēn jiǎ nán biàn hard to distinguish real from imitation ∼HSK 6
从实招来 從實招來 cóng shí zhāo lái to own up to the facts ∼HSK 6
好生之德 好生之德 hào shēng zhī dé a love of life; the virtue of cherishing all living things (idiom) ∼HSK 6
埋头 埋頭 mái tóu to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) ∼HSK 6
常情 常情 cháng qíng common sense; the way people usually feel about things ∼HSK 6
公断 公斷 gōng duàn arbitration (law) ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
纵有 縱有 zòng yǒu even if there were ∼HSK 6
行止 行止 xíng zhǐ movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks ∼HSK 6
强辩 強辯 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments ∼HSK 6
聪明一世 聰明一世 cōng míng yī shì clever all one's life (idiom); usually as 聪明一世，糊涂一时: even the wise err once ∼HSK 6
倾心 傾心 qīng xīn to admire wholeheartedly; to fall in love with ∼HSK 6
情深义重 情深義重 qíng shēn yì zhòng deep in affection and strong in loyalty (idiom); profound feeling and devotion ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
清官难断家务事 清官難斷家務事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) ∼HSK 6
天庭 天庭 tiān tíng Celestial Court ∼HSK 6
雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning ∼HSK 6
奉旨 奉旨 fèng zhǐ by imperial decree ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
临头 臨頭 lín tóu to befall; to be imminent ∼HSK 6
事到临头 事到臨頭 shì dào lín tóu when things come to a head (idiom) ∼HSK 6
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
肺腑之言 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 6
强梁 強梁 qiáng liáng ruffian; bully ∼HSK 6
一臂之力 一臂之力 yī bì zhī lì a helping hand (idiom); to lend assistance; lit. the strength of one arm ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
领罪 領罪 lǐng zuì to confess one's fault; to accept one's punishment ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
发慈悲 發慈悲 fā cí bēi to show mercy; to take pity ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
求饶 求饒 qiú ráo to beg forgiveness ∼HSK 6
凡间 凡間 fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
抛却 拋卻 pāo què to discard ∼HSK 6
登仙 登仙 dēng xiān to become immortal; big promotion; die ∼HSK 6
同日 同日 tóng rì same day; simultaneous ∼HSK 6
成仙 成仙 chéng xiān become an immortal ∼HSK 6
连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one; fig. conjugal union ∼HSK 6
回覆 回覆 huí fù to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer ∼HSK 6
仙子 仙子 xiān zǐ fairy ∼HSK 6
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate HSK 6