The Story of Sue San 1964
玉堂春
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.
Vocabulary
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| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 节省 節省 | saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 泪 淚 | tears | |
| 孙子 孫子 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 淡 淡 | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen | |
| 逛 逛 | to stroll; to visit | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 粗 粗 | coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 风景 風景 | scenery; landscape | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 帽子 帽子 | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 遇见 遇見 | to meet | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 维护 維護 | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 刺 刺 | (onom.) whoosh | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 户 戶 | a household; door; family | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious |