The Yellow Muffler

The Yellow Muffler 1972

玉女嬉春 yùnǚ xī 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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Vocabulary

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老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
感冒 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand Colloquialism HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
美的 美的 Měi dí Midea (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台大 臺大 Tái Dà abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
开拍 開拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to start a trading session (stock market) ∼HSK 3
派对 派對 pài duì (loanword) party ∼HSK 3
动心 動心 dòng xīn to be moved; to be tempted ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
梯 梯 tī ladder, steps, stairs; lean ∼HSK 3
有福 有福 yǒu fú to be blessed ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor; gangmaster ∼HSK 3
拍电影 拍電影 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
退还 退還 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate ∼HSK 3
世间 世間 shì jiān world; earth ∼HSK 3
拍片 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
受够 受夠 shòu gòu to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
去台 去臺 qù Tái to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 ∼HSK 3
活生生 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) ∼HSK 3
慢火 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) ∼HSK 3
鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting ∼HSK 3
升起 升起 shēng qǐ to raise; to hoist; to rise ∼HSK 3
包管 包管 bāo guǎn to assure; to guarantee ∼HSK 3
老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say; can't say precisely ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
心跳 心跳 xīn tiào heartbeat; pulse ∼HSK 3
麦 麥 Mài wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of KangXi radical number 199 ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
好久不见 好久不見 hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see ∼HSK 3
合租 合租 hé zū to rent jointly with other people; co-renting ∼HSK 3
心想 心想 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself; to think ∼HSK 3
不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations ∼HSK 3
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back; (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges ∼HSK 3
天花板 天花板 tiān huā bǎn ceiling ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
争面子 爭面子 zhēng miàn zi to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc); to make oneself look good; to build up one's image ∼HSK 3
报上 報上 bào shàng in the newspaper ∼HSK 3