The Yellow Muffler 1972
玉女嬉春
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history....
Vocabulary
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| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 东摇西摆 東搖西擺 | (idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady; (idiom) indecisive; hesitant | Idiom |
| 古色古香 古色古香 | interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc) | Idiom |
| 群龙无首 群龍無首 | lit. a thunder of dragons without a head; fig. a group lacking a leader | Idiom |
| 心烦意乱 心煩意亂 | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety | Idiom |
| 刻薄 刻薄 | unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions | Xiehouyu |
| 困苦 困苦 | deprivation; distressed; miserable | Xiehouyu |
| 梦话 夢話 | talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 蒙古大夫 蒙古大夫 | (coll.) quack (doctor); charlatan | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 圣诞 聖誕 | Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 港币 港幣 | Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar | Proper Noun |
| 圣诞老人 聖誕老人 | Father Christmas; Santa Claus | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 庆 慶 | congratulate, celebrate | |
| 尤 尤 | especially, particularly | |
| 冠 冠 | cap, crown, headgear | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 戴上 戴上 | to put on (hat etc) | |
| 艺 藝 | art; talent, ability; craft | |
| 昨夜 昨夜 | last night | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 脉 脈 | blood vessels, veins, arteries | |
| 细雨 細雨 | fine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐 | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 肚子痛 肚子痛 | stomachache; bellyache | |
| 梦中 夢中 | in a dream | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 济 濟 | help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross | |
| 巾 巾 | kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 人穷志不穷 人窮志不窮 | (idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled | |
| 受欢迎 受歡迎 | popular; well-received | |
| 血统 血統 | blood relationship; lineage; parentage | |
| 七彩 七彩 | seven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored | |
| 从何 從何 | whence?; where from? | |
| 辛辛苦苦 辛辛苦苦 | painstakingly; with great trouble | |
| 自我介绍 自我介紹 | self-introduction; to introduce oneself |