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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| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound |