The Shepherd Girl

The Shepherd Girl 1964

shān liàn

Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!

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zhà Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tuō TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wān wān Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huáng Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhī Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Niú láng Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tóng xīn Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
cháng tusk ∼HSK 4
diǎn huò to do an inventory count ∼HSK 4
huò furs ∼HSK 4
liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
yáo chuán to scull; to row a boat ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
duī pile ∼HSK 4
chuāng window ∼HSK 4
tuō xià to take off (clothing) ∼HSK 4
shān half-sibling relationship; brothers with different mother; step- ∼HSK 4
xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
lèi yǎn tearful eyes ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
shàng not yet; not so far ∼HSK 4
怀 kāi huái to one's heart's content; without restraint ∼HSK 4
nián all year round ∼HSK 4
bàn huò to purchase goods (for a company etc) ∼HSK 4
chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
xiàng ivory; elephant tusk ∼HSK 4
mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial); looks; to judge a person by appearances ∼HSK 4
zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
bèn rén fool; stupid person ∼HSK 4
tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom) ∼HSK 4
shuō dìng to agree on; to settle on ∼HSK 4
to puncture; to pierce ∼HSK 4
sān bèi triple ∼HSK 4
huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) ∼HSK 4
xīn zhī míng to be well aware ∼HSK 4
lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4