Comedy of Mismatches

Comedy of Mismatches 1964

qiáo tàishǒu luàn diǎn yuān yāng

Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

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hùn xiáo to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead HSK 7
daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
zhēng duān dispute; controversy; conflict HSK 7
zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery HSK 7
jìn to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near HSK 7
xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
liǎn jiá cheek HSK 7
yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
婿 婿 xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
diān dǎo to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy HSK 7
shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
jīng huāng to panic; to be alarmed HSK 7
chèng steelyard; Roman balance HSK 7
fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
qián chéng pious; devout; sincere HSK 7
miáo sprout HSK 7
qiān guà to worry about; to be concerned about HSK 7
dìng hūn to get engaged HSK 7
kěn Refuse HSK 7
zhǐ bearing; manner; mien HSK 7
shēn qíng deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love HSK 7
miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
xiāo confident and at ease; free and easy HSK 7
shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
gēng gǎi to alter HSK 7
fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7
rǎo luàn to disturb; to perturb; to harass HSK 7
nàn suffering HSK 7
xīn shì a load on one's mind; worry HSK 7
xié shǒu hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate HSK 7
zàn yáng to praise; to approve of; to show approval HSK 7
zhōng shēng throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong HSK 7
àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
hǎo to be just like; can be compared to HSK 7
jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
zhǎng xiàng appearance; looks; profile; countenance HSK 7
liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
jiě to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled HSK 7
yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
zǎo soon; at an early date; the early days; the past HSK 7
xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information) HSK 7
kuā used in 克 HSK 7
piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
tiān heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
fēn to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
chōng (used in place names) HSK 7