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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情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
郎才女貌 郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple Idiom ∼HSK 6
胡天胡帝 胡天胡帝 hú tiān hú dì with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom); reckless; intemperate Idiom ∼HSK 6
捷足先登 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served Idiom ∼HSK 6
亭亭玉立 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng - yù lì (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight Idiom ∼HSK 6
百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing Idiom ∼HSK 6
肉麻 肉麻 ròu má sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
揭穿 揭穿 jiē chuān to expose; to uncover ∼HSK 6
女主人 女主人 nǚ zhǔ rén hostess; mistress ∼HSK 6
污辱 汙辱 wū rǔ to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
做功 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred ∼HSK 6
顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) ∼HSK 6
未婚 未婚 wèi hūn unmarried ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
花花公子 花花公子 huā huā gōng zǐ playboy ∼HSK 6
外祖母 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother; maternal grandmother ∼HSK 6
闭着 閉著 bì zhe closed ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
狼狗 狼狗 láng gǒu wolfdog ∼HSK 6
百分之 百分之 bǎi fēn zhī percent ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
料子 料子 liào zi material ∼HSK 6
滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot ∼HSK 6
洋葱 洋蔥 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion ∼HSK 6
丝瓜 絲瓜 sī guā luffa (loofah) ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
教导有方 教導有方 jiào dǎo yǒu fāng to teach and guide skillfully (idiom); to instruct with the right methods ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
出乎意料 出乎意料 chū hū - yì liào (idiom) unexpected ∼HSK 6
告一段落 告一段落 gào yī duàn luò to come to the end of a phase (idiom) ∼HSK 6
威逼 威逼 wēi bī to threaten; to coerce; to intimidate ∼HSK 6
作孽 作孽 zuò niè to sin ∼HSK 6
良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner ∼HSK 6
补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor HSK 6
师生 師生 shī shēng teachers and students HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
冷水 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
到期 到期 dào qī to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
处处 處處 chù chù everywhere; in all respects HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6