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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盏 盞 zhǎn a small cup; classifier for lamps HSK 7
别扭 彆扭 biè niu awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche HSK 7
开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business; first transaction of a business day HSK 7
落地 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land HSK 7
稍后 稍後 shāo hòu in a little while; in a moment; later on HSK 7
暂 暫 zàn temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] HSK 7
前任 前任 qián rèn predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc) HSK 7
好比 好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like; can be compared to HSK 7
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert HSK 7
风情 風情 fēng qíng mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc HSK 7
一旁 一旁 yī páng aside; to the side of HSK 7
和尚 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk HSK 7
查明 查明 chá míng to investigate and find out; to ascertain HSK 7
浇 澆 jiāo to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold HSK 7
急需 急需 jí xū to urgently need; urgent need HSK 7
拧 擰 níng to pinch; wring HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
续 續 xù to continue; to replenish HSK 7
保管 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator HSK 7
流泪 流淚 liú lèi to shed tears HSK 7
来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly HSK 7
与否 與否 yǔ fǒu whether or not (at the end of a phrase) HSK 7
效力 效力 xiào lì effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity) HSK 7
尽头 盡頭 jìn tóu end; extremity; limit HSK 7
美人 美人 měi rén beauty; belle HSK 7
轰 轟 hōng explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
喘 喘 chuǎn to gasp; to pant; asthma HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
赐 賜 cì to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone HSK 7
临 臨 lín to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before HSK 7
永不 永不 yǒng bù never; will never HSK 7
垫 墊 diàn pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) HSK 7
虚 虛 xū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
生死 生死 shēng sǐ life or death HSK 7
香水 香水 xiāng shuǐ perfume; cologne HSK 7
滋味 滋味 zī wèi taste; flavor; feeling HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
消 消 xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7
略 略 lu:è brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) HSK 7
尚未 尚未 shàng wèi not yet; still not HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
提议 提議 tí yì proposal; suggestion; to propose; to suggest HSK 7
无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7