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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贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law Idiom ∼HSK 6
神机妙算 神機妙算 shén jī miào suàn divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme; supremely clever in his schemes Idiom ∼HSK 6
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
送旧迎新 送舊迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
在劫难逃 在劫難逃 zài jié nán táo destined by fate to face calamity (idiom); there is no escaping one's doom Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱骨头 賤骨頭 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch; contemptible individual Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
逼人太甚 逼人太甚 bī rén tài shèn to push sb too far; to go too far (in oppressing people) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
非同小可 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important; no small matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
屈打成招 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
世伯 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend ∼HSK 6
都督 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story; inside information ∼HSK 6
胭脂 胭脂 yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
花烛 花燭 huā zhú wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple; (botany) anthurium ∼HSK 6
窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel ∼HSK 6
诬赖 誣賴 wū lài to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
再审 再審 zài shěn to hear a case again; review; retrial ∼HSK 6
招认 招認 zhāo rèn to confess ∼HSK 6
大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit ∼HSK 6
红姑娘 紅姑娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant; winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry; Physalis alkekengi ∼HSK 6
清册 清冊 qīng cè detailed list; inventory ∼HSK 6
意下如何 意下如何 yì xià rú hé how about it?; what do you think? ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife; sword ∼HSK 6
不肖 不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
笑吟吟 笑吟吟 xiào yín yín smiling; with a smile ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
地老天荒 地老天荒 dì lǎo tiān huāng (idiom) until the end of time ∼HSK 6
满腹 滿腹 mǎn fù filled with; preoccupied with ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
收监 收監 shōu jiān to imprison; to take into custody ∼HSK 6
卷宗 卷宗 juàn zōng file; folder; dossier ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6