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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名誉 名譽 míng yù fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) HSK 6
防范 防範 fáng fàn to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
传出 傳出 chuán chū to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
抗议 抗議 kàng yì to protest; protest HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
回应 回應 huí yìng to respond; response HSK 6
同一 同一 tóng yī identical; the same HSK 6
当成 當成 dàng chéng to consider as; to take to be HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
煮 煑 zhǔ to cook; to boil HSK 6
原谅 原諒 yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive; to pardon HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
炒 炒 chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
错过 錯過 cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc) HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
无可救药 無可救藥 wú kě jiù yào lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable; incorrigible; beyond redemption Idiom ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
排骨 排骨 pái gǔ pork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs; (coll.) skinny person Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
邱 邱 Qiū surname; hill; mound; grave ∼HSK 5
兄妹 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
起立 起立 qǐ lì to stand; Stand up! ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
嘘 噓 xū exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
插班 插班 chā bān to join a class partway through the course ∼HSK 5
谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
未有 未有 wèi yǒu is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
耀 耀 yào shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5