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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| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 不久 不久 | not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 题 題 | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 街 街 | street | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind |