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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怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
腹 腹 fù stomach, belly, abdomen; inside ∼HSK 5
姻 姻 yīn relatives by marriage ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
俏 俏 qiào like, similar; resemble; pretty ∼HSK 5
跃 躍 yuè skip, jump, frolic ∼HSK 5
叹 嘆 tàn sigh, admire ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
盟 盟 méng swear; oath, covenant, alliance ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
踪 蹤 zōng footprints, traces, tracks ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
闺 閨 guī small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women ∼HSK 5
何妨 何妨 hé fáng what harm is there in (doing sth) ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5
枉 枉 wǎng useless, in vain; bent, crooked ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
一品 一品 yī pǐn superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
辨 辨 biàn distinguish, discriminate ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
寡 寡 guǎ widowed; alone, friendless ∼HSK 5
廉 㢘 lián upright, honorable, honest ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
衙 衙 Yá public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs ∼HSK 5
未有 未有 wèi yǒu is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented ∼HSK 5
从命 從命 cóng mìng to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested ∼HSK 5
侄 侄 zhí nephew ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
卜 卜 Bǔ fortune telling; prophesy ∼HSK 5
漾 漾 yàng overflow; swirl, ripple; to be tosssed by waves ∼HSK 5
蝶 蜨 dié butterfly ∼HSK 5
勤 勤 qín industrious, diligent, attentive ∼HSK 5
仆 僕 pū fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant ∼HSK 5
婢 婢 bì servant girl; your servant ∼HSK 5
如云 如雲 rú yún like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous) ∼HSK 5
山珍海味 山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations ∼HSK 5
寂 寂 jì still, silent, quiet, desolate ∼HSK 5
饼饵 餅餌 bǐng ěr cakes; pastry ∼HSK 5
饲 飼 sì raise animals; feed; nourish ∼HSK 5
跃龙 躍龍 yuè lóng allosaurus ∼HSK 5