The Story of Sue San

The Story of Sue San 1964

玉堂春 yù táng chūn

This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.

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Vocabulary

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鸨 鴇 bǎo bustard; procuress; Otis species (various) ∼HSK 5
青天大老爷 青天大老爺 qīng tiān dà lǎo ye my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China) ∼HSK 5
钧 鈞 jūn unit of measure equivalent to thirty catties ∼HSK 5
诉状 訴狀 sù zhuàng indictment; plea; complaint ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
赃 贓 zāng booty, loot, stolen goods; bribe ∼HSK 5
查访 查訪 chá fǎng to investigate ∼HSK 5
昂 昂 áng rise, raise; proud, bold; upright ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
拙 拙 zhuō stupid, clumsy, crude; convention ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
嗓门 嗓門 sǎng mén voice; windpipe ∼HSK 5
盅 盅 zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
竹板 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
唤 喚 huàn summon, call ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
艳 豔 yàn beautiful, sexy, voluptuous ∼HSK 5
寒舍 寒舍 hán shè my humble home ∼HSK 5
酒令 酒令 jiǔ lìng wine-drinking game ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
拆散 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) ∼HSK 5
仲 仲 Zhòng middle brother; go between, mediator; surname ∼HSK 5
癫 癲 diān crazy, mad; madness, mania, insan ∼HSK 5
僧 僧 sēng monk ∼HSK 5
怒 怒 nù anger ∼HSK 5
桃红 桃紅 táo hóng pink ∼HSK 5
苔 苔 tāi moss, lichen ∼HSK 5
罚酒 罰酒 fá jiǔ to drink as the result of having lost a bet ∼HSK 5
众生 眾生 zhòng shēng all sentient beings ∼HSK 5
厢 廂 xiāng side-room, wing; theatre box ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
殃 殃 yāng misfortune, disaster, calamity ∼HSK 5
丢下 丟下 diū xià to abandon ∼HSK 5
孽 孼 niè evil; son of concubine; ghost ∼HSK 5
无状 無狀 wú zhuàng insolence; insolent; ill-mannered ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
钗 釵 chāi ornamental hairpin ∼HSK 5
樽 樽 zūn goblet; jar, jug; lush ∼HSK 5
行令 行令 xíng lìng to issue orders; to order sb to drink in a drinking game ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
福寿 福壽 fú shòu happiness and longevity ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
披红 披紅 pī hóng to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor ∼HSK 5
娟 娟 juān beautiful, graceful ∼HSK 5
堪 堪 kān adequately capable of, worthy of ∼HSK 5
皮鞭 皮鞭 pí biān lash ∼HSK 5