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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| 花费 花費 | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure | |
| 棉 棉 | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 金钱 金錢 | money; currency | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 职责 職責 | duty; responsibility; obligation | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 愤怒 憤怒 | angry; indignant; wrath; ire | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 形 形 | to appear; to look; form; shape | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 塔 塔 | pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 赛 賽 | to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 据 㨿 | used in 据 | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with |