Comedy of Mismatches 1964
乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱
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.
Vocabulary
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| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 学生 學生 | student; schoolchild | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 重 重 | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 男 男 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 难 難 | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | |
| 少 少 | young | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 妈妈 媽媽 | mama; mommy; mother | |
| 学 學 | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 睡 睡 | to sleep; to lie down | |
| 早 早 | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely | |
| 坐 坐 | surname Zuo | |
| 穿 穿 | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 门 門 | gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) | |
| 男人 男人 | a man; a male; men | |
| 帮 幫 | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society | |
| 日 日 | abbr. for 本, Japan | |
| 女人 女人 | woman | |
| 笑 咲 | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at | |
| 分 分 | to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) | |
| 送 送 | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | |
| 女 女 | female; woman; daughter | |
| 您 您 | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) | |
| 写 寫 | to write | |
| 进 進 | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | |
| 水 水 | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | |
| 先 先 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year |