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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xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
lǎo tào the same old stuff Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
shuō tōng it does not make sense Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gāo cái great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
dào Hur Jun (TV series) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Hǎi kǒu Haikou, prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Yuē hàn John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
cóng jīn hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
bié le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
máo piàn pornographic film; rushes (of a movie); (old) fur color ∼HSK 2
biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
hǎi nautical mile ∼HSK 2
míng famous doctor ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
rén mermaid; dugong; sea cow; manatee; giant salamander ∼HSK 2
zhǎng chéng to grow up ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
shǒu shǒu to join hands; hand in hand ∼HSK 2
Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
qīng fēng breeze; light wind ∼HSK 2
chī yào to take medicine ∼HSK 2
dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
滿 mǎn dissatisfied ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
liáo liàng loud and clear; resonant ∼HSK 2
lǎo tào hackneyed; well-worn (phrase etc); same old story; stereotypical fashion ∼HSK 2
míng wén famous; of good reputation ∼HSK 2
chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
yǎn zhōng in (sb's) eyes ∼HSK 2