The Shepherd Girl

The Shepherd Girl 1964

山歌恋 shān gē 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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批 批 pī to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
归 歸 guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
闹 鬧 nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
量 量 liáng to measure HSK 4
宝 寶 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
赢得 贏得 yíng dé to win; to gain HSK 4
货 貨 huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
安 安 ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
落 落 là to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
极 極 jí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
翻 翻 fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
伤害 傷害 shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
共 共 gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4
根 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
万古千秋 萬古千秋 wàn gǔ qiān qiū for all eternity (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
管不着 管不著 guǎn bu zháo to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
张三李四 張三李四 Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom); (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
李四 李四 Lǐ Sì Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three:, 李四, Tom, Dick and Harry Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
水深 水深 shuǐ shēn depth (of waterway); sounding ∼HSK 3
放羊 放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture; fig. to throw off the reins; to leave sb alone; acting freely and irresponsibly ∼HSK 3
月光 月光 yuè guāng moonlight ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
心想 心想 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself; to think ∼HSK 3