Comedy of Mismatches

Comedy of Mismatches 1964

乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱 qiáo tàishǒu luàn diǎn yuān yāng pǔ

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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仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
烧香 燒香 shāo xiāng to burn incense ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
互 互 hù mutually, reciprocally ∼HSK 4
貌 貌 mào countenance, appearance ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
交拜 交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another; to kneel and kowtow to one another; formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4
玩赏 玩賞 wán shǎng to appreciate; to take pleasure in; to enjoy ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
羡 羨 xiàn envy, admire; praise; covet ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
寒窗 寒窗 hán chuāng a life of strenuous studies (idiom) ∼HSK 4
体态 體態 tǐ tài figure; physique; posture ∼HSK 4
万民 萬民 wàn mín all the people ∼HSK 4
彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
姬 姬 Jī beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
打扰了 打擾了 dǎ rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
请别见怪 請別見怪 qǐng bié jiàn guài please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
言词 言詞 yán cí variant of ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
如花 如花 rú huā flowery ∼HSK 4
老父 老父 lǎo fù father; old man; venerable sir ∼HSK 4
帕 帕 pà turban, kerchief, veil; wrap ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
暗伤 暗傷 àn shāng internal injury; invisible damage ∼HSK 4
再拜 再拜 zài bài to bow again; to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times); (in letters, an expression of respect) ∼HSK 4
巾 巾 jīn kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 ∼HSK 4
闹新房 鬧新房 nào xīn fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) ∼HSK 4
面巾 面巾 miàn jīn face flannel or towel; shroud (over the face of a corpse) ∼HSK 4
穿戴 穿戴 chuān dài to dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
梦境 夢境 mèng jìng dreamland ∼HSK 4
怜 憐 lián pity, sympathize ∼HSK 4
躺下 躺下 tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
倾 傾 qīng upset, pour out, overflow ∼HSK 4