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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瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
盼 盼 pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
雇 僱 gù to employ; to hire; to rent HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
辣椒 辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper; chili HSK 7
抵押 抵押 dǐ yā to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
性命 性命 xìng mìng life HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
勾 勾 gòu used in 勾当 HSK 7
棉花 棉花 mián hua cotton HSK 7
称呼 稱呼 chēng hu to call; to address as; form of address; appellation HSK 7
永不 永不 yǒng bù never; will never HSK 7
发誓 發誓 fā shì to vow; to pledge; to swear HSK 7
生死 生死 shēng sǐ life or death HSK 7
愚蠢 愚蠢 yú chǔn silly; stupid HSK 7
拦 攔 lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
凤凰 鳳凰 Fèng huáng Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 HSK 7
蠢 惷 chǔn stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7
缠 纏 chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
傻瓜 傻瓜 shǎ guā idiot; fool HSK 7
晃 㨪 huǎng to dazzle; to flash past HSK 7
麻 蔴 má variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
焦 焦 jiāo burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) HSK 7
劫 刦 jié to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 HSK 7
采 採 cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
好笑 好笑 hǎo xiào laughable; funny; ridiculous HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
假装 假裝 jiǎ zhuāng to feign; to pretend HSK 7
窝 窩 wō nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
浪 浪 làng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
甩 甩 shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
夜晚 夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7