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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咒 呪 zhòu curse, damn, incantation ∼HSK 5
亏得 虧得 kuī de fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate! ∼HSK 5
逼死 逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
伤悲 傷悲 shāng bēi sad; sorrowful (literary) ∼HSK 5
悲 悲 bēi sorrow, grief; sorry, sad ∼HSK 5
抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture; bride kidnapping ∼HSK 5
两清 兩清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) ∼HSK 5
青天 青天 qīng tiān clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) ∼HSK 5
崇 崇 Chóng esteem, honor, revere, venerate ∼HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
大伙儿 大伙兒 dà huǒ r erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
南北 南北 nán běi north and south; north to south HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
风光 風光 fēng guāng scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) HSK 5
斜 斜 xié inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
岸 㟁 àn bank; shore; beach; coast HSK 5
肠 腸 cháng intestines HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
打架 打架 dǎ jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
模样 模樣 mú yàng look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] HSK 5
模糊 模糊 mó hu vague; indistinct; fuzzy HSK 5
古老 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient; old; age-old HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
客气 客氣 kè qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
偷偷 偷偷 tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
向前 向前 xiàng qián forward; onward HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
敲 敲 qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
丑 丑 chǒu clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° HSK 5
锅 鍋 guō pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing HSK 5
拆 拆 chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
动手 動手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
绕 繞 rào to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex HSK 5
艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult; hard; challenging HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
插 插 chā to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose HSK 5
旁 旁 páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5