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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部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
据说 據說 jù shuō it is said that; reportedly HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
先进 先進 xiān jìn advanced (technology); to advance HSK 3
访问 訪問 fǎng wèn to visit; to call on; to interview HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
静 靜 jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
数学 數學 shù xué mathematics; mathematical HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
离婚 離婚 lí hūn to divorce HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
眼前 眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes; now; at present HSK 3
判断 判斷 pàn duàn to judge; to determine; judgment HSK 3
男子 男子 nán zǐ a man; a male HSK 3
资格 資格 zī gé qualifications; seniority HSK 3
糖 糖 táng sugar; sweets; candy HSK 3
调整 調整 tiáo zhěng to adjust; adjustment; revision HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
进一步 進一步 jìn yī bù to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further HSK 3
信任 信任 xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
香 香 xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
任 任 rèn to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) HSK 3
取消 取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel; cancellation HSK 3
公开 公開 gōng kāi open; overt; public; to make public; to release HSK 3
证据 證據 zhèng jù evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
简直 簡直 jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
旧 舊 jiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) HSK 3
咖啡 咖啡 kā fēi coffee (loanword) HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
奇怪 奇怪 qí guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
合 合 gě 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
顿 頓 dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
宣布 宣佈 xuān bù to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
下面 下面 xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
代 代 dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
准 准 zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
室 室 shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition; state; situation HSK 3
外面 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
空 空 kòng to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time HSK 3
事业 事業 shì yè undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
经验 經驗 jīng yàn experience; to experience HSK 3
追 追 zhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously HSK 3
达到 達到 dá dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
正式 正式 zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
危险 危險 wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3