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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| 问 問 | to ask; to inquire | |
| 一样 一樣 | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like | |
| 三 三 | three; 3 | |
| 东西 東西 | east and west | |
| 回 回 | to curve; to return; to revolve | |
| 钱 錢 | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 | |
| 请 請 | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request | |
| 别 別 | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) | |
| 孩子 孩子 | child | |
| 叫 叫 | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | |
| 开 開 | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format | |
| 听 听 | smile (archaic) | |
| 手 手 | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill | |
| 找到 找到 | to find | |
| 见 見 | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | |
| 几 几 | small table | |
| 起 起 | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group | |
| 起来 起來 | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | |
| 一起 一起 | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) | |
| 月 月 | moon; month; monthly | |
| 还是 還是 | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or | |
| 话 話 | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | |
| 比 比 | Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 | |
| 今天 今天 | today; at the present; now | |
| 打 打 | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from | |
| 还有 還有 | furthermore; in addition; still; also | |
| 快 快 | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant | |
| 找 找 | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change | |
| 谁 誰 | who; also pr. [shuí] | |
| 吃 吃 | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) | |
| 喜欢 喜歡 | to like; to be fond of | |
| 跟 跟 | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) | |
| 地 地 | earth; ground; field; place; land | |
| 爱 愛 | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) | |
| 怎么 怎麼 | how?; what?; why? | |
| 你们 你們 | you (plural) | |
| 前 前 | front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly | |
| 家 傢 | used in 家伙 and 家俱 | |
| 后 后 | empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler | |
| 事 事 | matter; thing; item; work; affair | |
| 工作 工作 | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task | |
| 走 走 | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) | |
| 知道 知道 | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] | |
| 小 小 | small; tiny; few; young | |
| 次 次 | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time | |
| 呢 呢 | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation | |
| 再 再 | again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) | |
| 最 㝡 | most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) | |
| 太 太 | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely | |
| 出 出 | to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |