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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美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
弄假成真 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true Idiom ∼HSK 2
女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was Idiom ∼HSK 2
近在眼前 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
吃药 吃藥 chī yào to take medicine ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
轻佻 輕佻 qīng tiāo frivolous; coquettish ∼HSK 2
意中人 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart; one's true love; the person of one's thoughts ∼HSK 2
上街 上街 shàng jiē to go onto the streets; to go shopping ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
姐丈 姐丈 jiě zhàng older sister's husband; brother-in-law ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
天成 天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
姊丈 姊丈 zǐ zhàng older sister's husband ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb ∼HSK 2
两句 兩句 liǎng jù (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
早生贵子 早生貴子 zǎo shēng guì zǐ give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds) ∼HSK 2