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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| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 主演 主演 | to act the leading role (in a movie or a play); to star; lead actor | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 用力 用力 | to exert oneself physically | |
| 吉他 吉他 | guitar (loanword) | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 悲哀 悲哀 | grieved; sorrowful | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 嘴唇 嘴唇 | lip | |
| 魔鬼 魔鬼 | devil | |
| 睁 睜 | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 谱 譜 | chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 情侣 情侶 | sweethearts; lovers | |
| 美妙 美妙 | beautiful; wonderful; splendid | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 流氓 流氓 | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 片子 片子 | film; movie; film reel; phonograph record; X-ray image | |
| 谎言 謊言 | lie | |
| 擅长 擅長 | to be good at; to be expert in | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 甜蜜 甜蜜 | sweet; happy | |
| 来临 來臨 | to approach; to come closer | |
| 假装 假裝 | to feign; to pretend | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 穿过 穿過 | to pass through | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 少女 少女 | girl; young lady | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 发型 髮型 | hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo | |
| 豪华 豪華 | luxurious | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress |