The Merry Wife 1972
娃娃夫人
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.
Vocabulary
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| 对方 對方 | the other person; the other side; the other party | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 现场 現場 | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 结束 結束 | termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 世界 世界 | world |