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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不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
送去 送去 sòng qù to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
二奶 二奶 èr nǎi mistress; second wife; lover ∼HSK 1
吃不下 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more ∼HSK 1
拶子 拶子 zǎn zi sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture) ∼HSK 1
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) ∼HSK 1
轿子 轎子 jiào zi sedan chair; palanquin; litter ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
妓女 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
早班 早班 zǎo bān early shift; morning work shift ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
九天 九天 jiǔ tiān the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
不用找 不用找 bù yòng zhǎo "keep the change" (restaurant expression) ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
三不 三不 sān bù the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
饯行 餞行 jiàn xíng to give a farewell dinner ∼HSK 1
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet) ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
商家 商家 shāng jiā merchant; business; enterprise ∼HSK 1
真个 真個 zhēn gè (dialect) really; truly; indeed ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
别有 別有 bié yǒu to have other...; to have a special... ∼HSK 1
三七 三七 sān qī pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
上好 上好 shàng hǎo first-rate; top-notch ∼HSK 1
笑语 笑語 xiào yǔ talking and laughing; cheerful talk ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
卤菜 滷菜 lǔ cài pot-stewed dish ∼HSK 1
大开 大開 dà kāi to open wide ∼HSK 1