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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4.26 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
推荐 推薦 tuī jiàn to recommend; recommendation HSK 7
性感 性感 xìng gǎn sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
富丽堂皇 富麗堂皇 fù lì táng huáng (idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous Idiom ∼HSK 6
好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
精疲力尽 精疲力盡 jīng pí lì jìn spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out Idiom ∼HSK 6
牛郎织女 牛郎織女 niú láng zhī nǚ Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars) Idiom ∼HSK 6
谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom); to get into a romantic relationship Idiom ∼HSK 6
省吃俭用 省吃儉用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng to live frugally Idiom ∼HSK 6
十之八九 十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority Idiom ∼HSK 6
忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth Idiom ∼HSK 6
不速之客 不速之客 bù sù zhī kè (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
捣蛋 搗蛋 dǎo dàn to cause trouble; to stir up trouble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有情人 有情人 yǒu qíng rén lovers Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
能歌善舞 能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents ∼HSK 6
临时演员 臨時演員 lín shí yǎn yuán an extra (in a movie) ∼HSK 6
溜走 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away; to leave secretly ∼HSK 6
藐视 藐視 miǎo shì to despise; to look down on ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed; dejected; feeling low ∼HSK 6
在望 在望 zài wàng within view; visible; (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize ∼HSK 6
白内障 白內障 bái nèi zhàng cataract (ophthalmology) ∼HSK 6
滴答 滴答 dī dā (onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock); also pr. [di1 da5] ∼HSK 6
抛却 拋卻 pāo què to discard ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
苦衷 苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
渔夫 漁夫 yú fū fisherman ∼HSK 6
布景 佈景 bù jǐng (stage) set ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
野花 野花 yě huā wildflower; woman of easy virtue ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6