The Merry Wife 1972
娃娃夫人
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.
Vocabulary
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| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 鼻子 鼻子 | nose | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 到来 到來 | to arrive; arrival; advent | |
| 答 答 | bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答, used in 答应, 理 etc | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 蛋糕 蛋糕 | cake | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 打击 打擊 | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 寒心 寒心 | disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified | Xiehouyu |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 女同 女同 | a lesbian (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 大祥 大祥 | Daxiang district of Shaoyang city, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 老处女 老處女 | unmarried old woman; spinster | |
| 保龄球 保齡球 | ten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball |