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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| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 回答 回答 | to reply; to answer; reply; answer | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 去年 去年 | last year | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed |