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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真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小妹妹 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
会考 會考 huì kǎo unified examination ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
班上 班上 bān shàng (in the) class ∼HSK 1
校 校 jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
奶奶的 奶奶的 nǎi nai de damn it!; blast it! ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
看书 看書 kàn shū to read; to study ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
读本 讀本 dú běn reader; an instructional book ∼HSK 1