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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体统 體統 tǐ tǒng decorum; propriety; arrangement or form (of piece of writing) ∼HSK 5
牵连 牽連 qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business ∼HSK 5
差劲 差勁 chà jìn bad; no good; below average; disappointing ∼HSK 5
储 儲 Chǔ save money, store, reserve; heir ∼HSK 5
书呆子 書呆子 shū dāi zi bookworm; pedant; bookish fool ∼HSK 5
戏票 戲票 xì piào (theater etc) ticket ∼HSK 5
恃 恃 shì rely on, presume on, trust to ∼HSK 5
非礼 非禮 fēi lǐ impolite; impropriety; to sexually harass ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
丑事 醜事 chǒu shì scandal ∼HSK 5
守规矩 守規矩 shǒu guī ju to behave oneself; to abide by the rules ∼HSK 5
锁上 鎖上 suǒ shàng to lock; to lock up ∼HSK 5
咖啡厅 咖啡廳 kā fēi tīng coffee shop ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
目击 目擊 mù jī to see with one's own eyes; to witness ∼HSK 5
茹 茹 Rú roots; vegetables; eat; bear ∼HSK 5
薪 薪 xīn fuel, firewood; salary ∼HSK 5
点名册 點名冊 diǎn míng cè register of names; attendance roll book ∼HSK 5
拼起来 拼起來 pīn qi lai to put together ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
礼拜天 禮拜天 Lǐ bài tiān Sunday HSK 5
涨价 漲價 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value); to increase in price HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
依照 依照 yī zhào according to; in light of HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
模范 模範 mó fàn model; fine example HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
动态 動態 dòng tài movement; motion; development; trend; dynamic (science) HSK 5
拜访 拜訪 bài fǎng to pay a visit; to call on HSK 5
西装 西裝 xī zhuāng suit; Western-style clothes HSK 5
悄悄 悄悄 qiāo qiāo quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] HSK 5
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
琴 琴 qín guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general HSK 5
钢琴 鋼琴 gāng qín piano HSK 5
打扰 打擾 dǎ rǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
大胆 大膽 dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
继承 繼承 jì chéng to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) HSK 5
握 握 wò to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful HSK 5
一向 一向 yī xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
立场 立場 lì chǎng position; standpoint HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
遵守 遵守 zūn shǒu to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement) HSK 5
辞职 辭職 cí zhí to resign HSK 5