The Shepherd Girl

The Shepherd Girl 1964

shān 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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biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
hóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
abbr. for 克罗地亚, Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克罗埃西亚, Croatia HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
liǎn face HSK 2
gǒu dog HSK 2
fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
used in 俟 HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
néng gòu to be capable of; to be able to; can HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
tóu head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock HSK 2
jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc HSK 2