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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| 沛 沛 | abundant, full, copious; sudden | |
| 霖 霖 | long spell of rain, copious rain | |
| 茵 茵 | a cushion, mattress; wormwood; Skimmia japon | |
| 开麦拉 開麥拉 | camera (loanword) | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 粉红色 粉紅色 | pink | |
| 棚 棚 | tent, awning; booth; shed | |
| 粉红 粉紅 | pink | |
| 脱衣舞 脫衣舞 | striptease | |
| 忧 憂 | sad, grieved; grief, melancholy | |
| 拆穿 拆穿 | to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc) | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 并肩 並肩 | alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast | |
| 大洋 大洋 | ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan | |
| 振 振 | raise, excite, arouse action | |
| 摄影机 攝影機 | (old) camera; movie camera; cine camera | |
| 嘴硬 嘴硬 | reluctant to admit a mistake | |
| 萧 蕭 | common artemisia; dejected | |
| 腻 膩 | greasy, oily, dirty; smooth | |
| 认清 認清 | to see clearly; to recognize; to realize | |
| 做戏 做戲 | to act in a play; to put on a play | |
| 跤 跤 | stumble, fall down; wrestle | |
| 不忍心 不忍心 | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
| 熄 熄 | put out, extinguish, quash | |
| 舞步 舞步 | dance steps | |
| 至上 至上 | supreme; paramount; above all else | |
| 闲来无事 閒來無事 | at leisure; idle; to have nothing to do | |
| 号召力 號召力 | to have the power to rally supporters | |
| 藐 藐 | disregard, slight, disdain | |
| 作曲 作曲 | to compose (music) | |
| 蟒蛇 蟒蛇 | python; boa | |
| 涛 濤 | large waves | |
| 歌舞团 歌舞團 | song and dance troupe | |
| 踪 蹤 | footprints, traces, tracks | |
| 帐 帳 | tent; account | |
| 欺 欺 | bully, deceive | |
| 祖 祖 | ancestor, forefather; grandfather | |
| 兔崽子 兔崽子 | brat; bastard | |
| 相见 相見 | meet | |
| 胡说八道 胡說八道 | to talk rubbish | |
| 不孝 不孝 | unfilial | |
| 差劲 差勁 | bad; no good; below average; disappointing | |
| 扔掉 扔掉 | to throw away; to throw out | |
| 怎能 怎能 | how can | |
| 敏 敏 | fast, quick, clever, smart | |
| 作曲家 作曲家 | composer; songwriter | |
| 洪 洪 | vast, immense; flood, deluge | |
| 潘 潘 | surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han | |
| 摩登 摩登 | modern (loanword); fashionable | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) |