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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zhōu wéi environs; surroundings; periphery HSK 3
yǎn yuán actor or actress; performer HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
děng dài to wait; to wait for HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
滿 mǎn to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
huài destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy HSK 3
zhǒng every kind of; all kinds of; various HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
shù art HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] HSK 3
xuān to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
shèng victory HSK 3
zēng jiā to raise; to increase HSK 3
leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
yǒu xiào effective; in effect; valid HSK 3
àn zhào according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
zhí occupation; profession; vocation; professional HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
zhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously HSK 3
měi beautiful HSK 3
guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
nèi róng content; substance; details HSK 3
duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc HSK 3
chǎn shēng to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3