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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Vocabulary

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青菜 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables; Chinese cabbage ∼HSK 5
皆可 皆可 jiē kě both OK; all acceptable ∼HSK 5
平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world; meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) ∼HSK 5
捣 搗 dǎo pound, mash ∼HSK 5
死鬼 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed ∼HSK 5
桃色新闻 桃色新聞 táo sè xīn wén sex scandal ∼HSK 5
凭空 憑空 píng kōng baseless (lie); without foundation ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
非常感谢 非常感謝 fēi cháng gǎn xiè extremely grateful; very thankful ∼HSK 5
诊 診 zhěn examine patient, diagnose ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
认输 認輸 rèn shū to concede; to admit defeat ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
谎 謊 huǎng lie ∼HSK 5
粧 粧 zhuāng toilet; make-up; dress up; adorn ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
渔 漁 yú to fish; seize; pursue; surname ∼HSK 5
声带 聲帶 shēng dài vocal cords; vocal folds; (motion picture) soundtrack ∼HSK 5
沉着应战 沉著應戰 chén zhuó yìng zhàn to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom) ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
恶梦 惡夢 è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 5
徽 幑 huī a badge, insignia ∼HSK 5
杠 槓 gāng lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
可比 可比 kě bǐ comparable ∼HSK 5
侵 侵 qīn invade, encroach upon, raid ∼HSK 5
谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
才华出众 才華出眾 cái huá chū zhòng outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit ∼HSK 5
面孔 面孔 miàn kǒng face ∼HSK 5
碍 礙 ài obstruct, hinder, block, deter ∼HSK 5
失陪 失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. ∼HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
吃力 吃力 chī lì to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain HSK 5
招手 招手 zhāo shǒu to wave; to beckon HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
窗帘 窗簾 chuāng lián window curtains HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
活泼 活潑 huó po lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive HSK 5
摔倒 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground HSK 5
时常 時常 shí cháng often; frequently HSK 5
斜 斜 xié inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
牛仔裤 牛仔褲 niú zǎi kù jeans HSK 5
不停 不停 bù tíng incessant HSK 5
珍珠 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl HSK 5
铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation HSK 5