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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饿 餓 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
房间 房間 fáng jiān room HSK 1
洗 洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
坏 壞 huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
班 班 bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
打电话 打電話 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
冷 冷 lěng cold HSK 1
认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
读 讀 dòu comma; phrase marked by pause HSK 1
教 教 jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
差 差 chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly HSK 1
回到 回到 huí dào to return to HSK 1
热 熱 rè to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent HSK 1
白 白 bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
听到 聽到 tīng dào to hear HSK 1
看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
她们 她們 tā men they; them (for females) HSK 1
名字 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor HSK 1
病 病 bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher HSK 1
出去 出去 chū qù to go out HSK 1
下午 下午 xià wǔ afternoon; p.m. HSK 1
介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
那里 那裏 nà li there; that place HSK 1
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
身体 身體 shēn tǐ the body; one's health; in person HSK 1
半 半 bàn half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half HSK 1
记得 記得 jì de to remember HSK 1
杯 杯 bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
二 二 èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
学生 學生 xué sheng student; schoolchild HSK 1
子 子 zǐ son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
真的 真的 zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
重 重 chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
男 男 nán male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 HSK 1
先生 先生 xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
五 五 wǔ five; 5 HSK 1
书 書 Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
晚 晚 wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
回家 回家 huí jiā to return home HSK 1
哪 哪 nǎ how; which HSK 1