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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真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
一天到晚 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 1
请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence HSK 1
洗手间 洗手間 xǐ shǒu jiān toilet; lavatory; washroom HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
放假 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1
下车 下車 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years ∼HSK 1
打球 打球 dǎ qiú to play ball; to play with a ball HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
楼下 樓下 lóu xià downstairs HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
图书馆 圖書館 tú shū guǎn library HSK 1
晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal; dinner; supper HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
零 零 líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
男朋友 男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend HSK 1
上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school; to attend school HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
页 頁 xié head HSK 1
下次 下次 xià cì next time HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
考 攷 kǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
女生 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl; female student; girl HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
考试 考試 kǎo shì to take an exam; exam HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
哥哥 哥哥 gē ge older brother HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
课 課 kè subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination HSK 1
姐姐 姐姐 jiě jie older sister HSK 1