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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| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 顺利 順利 | smoothly; without a hitch | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 动物 動物 | animal | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 重点 重點 | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 意见 意見 | idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 节目 節目 | program; item (on a program) | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 经常 經常 | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily | |
| 度 度 | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 受到 受到 | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 可爱 可愛 | adorable; cute; lovely | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 照片 照片 | photograph; picture | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) |