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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打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet HSK 3
前后 前後 qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
共有 共有 gòng yǒu to have altogether; in all HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
屋子 屋子 wū zi house; room HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
功夫 功夫 gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
天空 天空 tiān kōng sky HSK 3
手指 手指 shǒu zhǐ finger HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
放到 放到 fàng dào Put in HSK 3
开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality HSK 3
订 訂 dìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order HSK 3
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
赶到 趕到 gǎn dào to hurry (to some place) HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
围 圍 wéi to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) HSK 3
齐 齊 qí neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
羊 羊 yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
眼前 眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes; now; at present HSK 3
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt HSK 3
土 土 tǔ earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
搬 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
恐怕 恐怕 kǒng pà fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe HSK 3
游 遊 yóu to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel HSK 3
桥 橋 qiáo bridge HSK 3
赶 趕 gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
生意 生意 shēng yì life force; vitality HSK 3
阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses 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
简直 簡直 jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
断 斷 duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
布 佈 bù cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known HSK 3
紧 緊 jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
等待 等待 děng dài to wait; to wait for HSK 3
配 配 pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
龙 龍 lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
破坏 破壞 pò huài destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy HSK 3