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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天边 天邊 tiān biān horizon; ends of the earth; remotest places ∼HSK 2
黄鹂 黃鸝 huáng lí yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) ∼HSK 2
多才 多才 duō cái multitalented ∼HSK 2
夫婿 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
行得通 行得通 xíng de tōng practicable; realizable; will work ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
思忖 思忖 sī cǔn to ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind ∼HSK 2
哪知 哪知 nǎ zhī who would have imagined?; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
借着 藉著 jiè zhe by means of; through; with the help of ∼HSK 2
哭哭啼啼 哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí to weep endlessly; interminable wailing ∼HSK 2
交错 交錯 jiāo cuò to crisscross; to intertwine ∼HSK 2
夜夜 夜夜 yè yè every night ∼HSK 2
黄莺 黃鶯 huáng yīng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) ∼HSK 2
柳条 柳條 liǔ tiáo willow twig; osier; wicker ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
走掉 走掉 zǒu diào to leave ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street; facing the street ∼HSK 2
喊叫 喊叫 hǎn jiào to cry out; to shout ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
行人 行人 xíng rén pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
点头 點頭 diǎn tóu to nod HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
花园 花園 huā yuán garden HSK 2
分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate; to part HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2