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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只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
天生一对 天生一對 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven; a perfect couple Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat; (fig.) zeal; fervor; (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek; face ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
动手动脚 動手動腳 dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh ∼HSK 2
三度 三度 sān dù third (musical interval) ∼HSK 2
红萝卜 紅蘿蔔 hóng luó bo carrot; red radish ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
字条 字條 zì tiáo brief note ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup HSK 2
请客 請客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner HSK 2