The Yellow Muffler

The Yellow Muffler 1972

chūn

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....

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4.26 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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liáo bored; boring; senseless HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
biān to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up HSK 4
huī to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xīng fèn excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
yōu xiù outstanding; excellent HSK 4
jué role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] HSK 4
fēng style HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
juān to confine; to lock up; to pen in HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
yǐn to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse HSK 4
xīn psychology; mentality HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
shǒu shù (surgical) operation; surgery HSK 4
jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
zhì liáo to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy HSK 4
yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
zhào jiù as before; as in the past Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3