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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怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
石榴 石榴 shí liu pomegranate ∼HSK 5
林木 林木 lín mù forest; forest tree ∼HSK 5
渔 漁 yú to fish; seize; pursue; surname ∼HSK 5
青草 青草 qīng cǎo grass ∼HSK 5
高声 高聲 gāo shēng aloud; loud; loudly ∼HSK 5
翠 翠 cuì color green; kingfisher ∼HSK 5
回声 回聲 huí shēng echo ∼HSK 5
伶 伶 líng lonely, solitary; actor ∼HSK 5
装傻 裝傻 zhuāng shǎ to act stupid; to pretend to be naive ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
船运 船運 chuán yùn sea freight; shipping ∼HSK 5
骂声 罵聲 mà shēng scolding; tongue-lashing; (fig.) angry criticism; opprobrium ∼HSK 5
挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way; to block the path ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
瞧见 瞧見 qiáo jiàn to see ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
纺 紡 fǎng spin, reel, weave; reeled pongee ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
凰 凰 huáng female phoenix ∼HSK 5
妖精 妖精 yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
丧 喪 sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
闲心 閑心 xián xīn leisurely mood; relaxed frame of mind ∼HSK 5
齐声 齊聲 qí shēng all speaking together; in chorus ∼HSK 5
秧 秧 yāng rice seedlings, young rice plants ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) ∼HSK 5
雀 雀 qiāo sparrow ∼HSK 5
豌豆 豌豆 wān dòu pea (Pisum sativum) ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
胶 膠 jiāo glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone ∼HSK 5
廿 廿 niàn twenty, twentieth ∼HSK 5
姘 姘 pīn illicit sexual relations ∼HSK 5
家姑 家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
烈火 烈火 liè huǒ raging inferno; blaze ∼HSK 5
娥 娥 é be beautiful; good; surname ∼HSK 5
红辣椒 紅辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper; chili ∼HSK 5
媒人 媒人 méi ren go-between; matchmaker ∼HSK 5
花石 花石 huā shí marble ∼HSK 5
榴 榴 liú pomegranate ∼HSK 5
石榴树 石榴樹 shí liu shù pomegranate tree ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5