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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罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
剑 劍 jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
胆大包天 膽大包天 dǎn dà bāo tiān reckless; extremely daring Idiom ∼HSK 5
铁面无私 鐵面無私 tiě miàn wú sī strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
青红皂白 青紅皂白 qīng hóng zào bái the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
夫唱妇随 夫唱婦隨 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows; fig. marital harmony Idiom ∼HSK 5
口口声声 口口聲聲 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again Idiom ∼HSK 5
人寿年丰 人壽年豐 rén shòu nián fēng long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society; prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 5
不分青红皂白 不分青紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong Idiom ∼HSK 5
天兵天将 天兵天將 tiān bīng tiān jiàng celestial troops and generals (idiom); fig. superior forces Idiom ∼HSK 5
背水一战 背水一戰 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die Idiom ∼HSK 5
儿戏 兒戲 ér xì child's play; trifling matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
迟了 遲了 chí le late Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
碧 碧 bì jade green ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
潭 潭 Tán deep pool, lake; deep, profound ∼HSK 5
隐 隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret ∼HSK 5
妖精 妖精 yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
师妹 師妹 shī mèi younger sister disciple ∼HSK 5
修炼 修煉 xiū liàn (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
贫 貧 pín poor, impoverished, needy ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
勾引 勾引 gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
鳞 鱗 lín fish scales ∼HSK 5
娥 娥 é be beautiful; good; surname ∼HSK 5