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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一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
狗腿 狗腿 gǒu tuǐ lackey; henchman ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life? ∼HSK 2
轻打 輕打 qīng dǎ to tap; to hit lightly ∼HSK 2
手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
借给 借給 jiè gěi to lend to sb ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
哪像 哪像 nǎ xiàng unlike; in contrast to ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
菜油 菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil; canola oil ∼HSK 2
放眼 放眼 fàng yǎn to survey; to view broadly ∼HSK 2
下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting; (slang) to feel put off ∼HSK 2
云云 云云 yún yún and so on; so and so; many and confused ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
大丈夫 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
门生 門生 mén shēng disciple; student (of a famous master) ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
生来 生來 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
到此 到此 dào cǐ hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
妖气 妖氣 yāo qì sinister appearance; monster-like appearance ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
脸红 臉紅 liǎn hóng to blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc) ∼HSK 2
身手 身手 shēn shǒu skill; talent; agility ∼HSK 2
响遍 響遍 xiǎng biàn to resound (all over the place) ∼HSK 2
锄头 鋤頭 chú tou hoe ∼HSK 2
鲤鱼 鯉魚 lǐ yú carp ∼HSK 2
行船 行船 xíng chuán to sail a boat; to navigate ∼HSK 2
假意 假意 jiǎ yì insincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely ∼HSK 2
数数 數數 shǔ shù to count; to reckon ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
哪知 哪知 nǎ zhī who would have imagined?; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
给面子 給面子 gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
全会 全會 quán huì plenary session (at a conference) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
街坊 街坊 jiē fāng neighborhood; neighbor ∼HSK 2
两头 兩頭 liǎng tóu both ends; both parties to a deal ∼HSK 2
向东 向東 xiàng dōng eastwards ∼HSK 2
海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze; sea wind (i.e. from the sea) ∼HSK 2
白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head; old age ∼HSK 2
洗面 洗面 xǐ miàn facial cleansing ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2