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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坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
在校 在校 zài xiào (attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc) ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
白兰地 白蘭地 bái lán dì brandy (loanword) ∼HSK 1
坐好 坐好 zuò hǎo to sit properly; to sit up straight ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
太过 太過 tài guò excessively; too ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time ∼HSK 1
一等 一等 yī děng first class; grade A ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
栗子 栗子 lì zi chestnut ∼HSK 1
买好 買好 mǎi hǎo to ingratiate oneself ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
考中 考中 kǎo zhòng to pass an exam ∼HSK 1
奶妈 奶媽 nǎi mā wet nurse ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
多肉 多肉 duō ròu fleshy ∼HSK 1
大有 大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in); (literary) bumper harvest; abundance ∼HSK 1
人见人爱 人見人愛 rén jiàn rén ài loved by all; to have universal appeal ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
考上 考上 kǎo shàng to pass a university entrance exam ∼HSK 1
百分 百分 bǎi fēn percent; percentage ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
好不 好不 hǎo bù not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
大口 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
不送 不送 bù sòng don't bother to see me out ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
车钱 車錢 chē qián fare; transport costs ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
请进 請進 qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1