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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Vocabulary

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有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
耳 耳 ěr ear; merely, only; handle ∼HSK 3
成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married ∼HSK 3
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death; posthumous ∼HSK 3
相会 相會 xiāng huì to meet together ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
岭 嶺 líng mountain ridge, mountain peak ∼HSK 3
成群 成群 chéng qún in groups; large numbers of; grouping ∼HSK 3
赶羊 趕羊 gǎn yáng to drive sheep; to herd sheep ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
脸皮 臉皮 liǎn pí face; cheek ∼HSK 3
白布 白布 bái bù plain white cloth; calico ∼HSK 3
一转眼 一轉眼 yī zhuǎn yǎn in the blink of an eye ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
升起 升起 shēng qǐ to raise; to hoist; to rise ∼HSK 3
双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing; double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
架桥 架橋 jià qiáo to bridge; to put up a bridge ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
活像 活像 huó xiàng to look exactly like; to be the spitting image of ∼HSK 3
搬走 搬走 bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
秋收 秋收 qiū shōu fall harvest; to reap ∼HSK 3
农 農 Nóng agriculture, farming; farmer ∼HSK 3
光照 光照 guāng zhào illumination ∼HSK 3
火光 火光 huǒ guāng flame; blaze ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring ∼HSK 3
两相 兩相 liǎng xiāng both sides ∼HSK 3
镰刀 鐮刀 lián dāo sickle ∼HSK 3
相好 相好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
不死心 不死心 bù sǐ xīn unwilling to give up; unresigned ∼HSK 3
亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other ∼HSK 3
传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story; to communicate a message ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
不复 不復 bù fù no longer; not again ∼HSK 3
回转 回轉 huí zhuǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
旧地 舊地 jiù dì once familiar places; former haunts ∼HSK 3
退还 退還 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate ∼HSK 3
年底 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year; year-end HSK 3
推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline HSK 3