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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kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
bái tiān daytime; during the day; day HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
shì shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
chuáng to get out of bed; to get up HSK 1
duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
zhè r here HSK 1
bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
di younger brother HSK 1
bian over there; yonder HSK 1
zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
jìn lái to come in HSK 1
nán south HSK 1
ge older brother HSK 1
jìn to go in HSK 1
xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
fu clothes HSK 1
seven; 7 HSK 1
biān one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while HSK 1
huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
chuáng bed; couch; classifier for beds HSK 1
shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep HSK 1
lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
ér daughter HSK 1
tīng dào to hear HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
men they; them (for females) HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1