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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shēn cáng to be deeply hidden; to lie deep (in some place) ∼HSK 6
hóng zhǒng inflamed; red and swollen ∼HSK 6
qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
shuāng both knees ∼HSK 6
zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset HSK 6
hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
wài tou outside; out HSK 6
yún black cloud HSK 6
gōng cock; rooster HSK 6
béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
hǎi làng sea wave HSK 6
pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6
duō bàn most; mostly; most likely HSK 6
qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
yǎn kàn soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens HSK 6
lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6
slope; sloping; slanted HSK 6
zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come HSK 6
zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
tóu to bow the head; to yield; to give in HSK 6
chàng to sing HSK 6
āi hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
cūn zhuāng village; hamlet HSK 6
qián fāng ahead; the front HSK 6
duàn to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) HSK 6
láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
lài to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on HSK 6
mián generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton HSK 6
guì to kneel HSK 6
tūn to swallow; to take HSK 6
shēn shēn deep; profound HSK 6
zhài debt HSK 6
jìng clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role HSK 6
niǔ to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips HSK 6
jiān pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop HSK 6
fu to bully HSK 6
gān liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy HSK 6
cóng never HSK 6
zhī míng well-known; famous HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
仿 彿 fǎng to seem; as if; alike; similar HSK 6
diē to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] HSK 6
kuà to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span HSK 6
guò to pass by or through HSK 6
dào main street; avenue HSK 6