The Merry Wife

The Merry Wife 1972

娃娃夫人 wáwa fūren

Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong Kong. The head of the school agrees to this under the condition that they conceal the fact that they are married. Zhenzhen finds out right away that her husband is fawned over by the girls, they all have a crush on him, as also does the spinster librarian. However, Mr. Lin finds that that the boys in the school (they are late teens, 17 or so) really like Zhenzhen. This leads to hurt feelings, questions about fidelity and even, in Zhenzhen's case, innocuous dates with one of the boys who rides a motorcycle.

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Vocabulary

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发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
通宵 通宵 tōng xiāo all night; throughout the night HSK 7
忍耐 忍耐 rěn nài to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance HSK 7
预感 預感 yù gǎn to have a premonition; premonition HSK 7
余地 餘地 yú dì margin; leeway HSK 7
虚伪 虛偽 xū wěi false; hypocritical; artificial; sham HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault) HSK 7
侧面 側面 cè miàn lateral side; side; aspect; profile HSK 7
泄漏 洩漏 xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information) HSK 7
要命 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance HSK 7
打招呼 打招呼 dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice HSK 7
体贴 體貼 tǐ tiē considerate (of other people's needs) HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
纯洁 純潔 chún jié pure; clean and honest; to purify HSK 7
嫌疑 嫌疑 xián yí suspicion; to have suspicions HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
香烟 香煙 xiāng yān cigarette; smoke from burning incense HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
为人 為人 wéi rén to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character HSK 7
出卖 出賣 chū mài to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
证人 證人 zhèng rén witness HSK 7
神圣 神聖 shén shèng divine; hallow; holy; sacred HSK 7
自私 自私 zì sī selfish; selfishness HSK 7
盗窃 盜竊 dào qiè to steal HSK 7
尊严 尊嚴 zūn yán dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job HSK 7
麻 蔴 má variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
谈论 談論 tán lùn to discuss; to talk about HSK 7
拼命 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
别墅 別墅 bié shù villa HSK 7
化妆 化妝 huà zhuāng to put on makeup HSK 7
应付 應付 yìng fu to deal with; to cope HSK 7
情人 情人 qíng rén lover; sweetheart HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
情报 情報 qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7