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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死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time; for the first time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
说话算数 說話算數 shuō huà suàn shù to keep one's promise; to mean what one says Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
云霄 雲霄 Yún xiāo Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
百家姓 百家姓 Bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
出海 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
海里 海里 hǎi lǐ nautical mile ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
开船 開船 kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
船家 船家 chuán jiā person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller ∼HSK 2
吃草 吃草 chī cǎo to graze; to eat grass ∼HSK 2
长眼 長眼 zhǎng yǎn to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious ∼HSK 2
睛 睛 jīng eyeball; pupil of eye ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water; crystal-clear water ∼HSK 2
山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top ∼HSK 2
黄花闺女 黃花閨女 huáng huā guī nǚ maiden; virgin ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
酒馆 酒館 jiǔ guǎn tavern; pub; wine shop ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
对嘴 對嘴 duì zuǐ to lip-sync ∼HSK 2
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
河水 河水 hé shuǐ river water ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2