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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| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 找出 找出 | to find; to search out | |
| 难题 難題 | difficult problem | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 教室 教室 | classroom | |
| 爱人 愛人 | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 对面 對面 | (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 参观 參觀 | to look around; to tour; to visit | |
| 今后 今後 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 分开 分開 | to separate; to part | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 题 題 | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 教师 教師 | teacher | |
| 家长 家長 | head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 信心 信心 | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) | |
| 体育 體育 | sports; physical education | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 公园 公園 | park (for public recreation) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 食物 食物 | food | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |