The Shepherd Girl 1964
山歌恋
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!
Vocabulary
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| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 酒店 酒店 | wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 网 網 | net; network | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 层 層 | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 说明 說明 | to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 度 度 | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 提 提 | to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye |