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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| 心灵 心靈 | bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit | |
| 形 形 | to appear; to look; form; shape | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 疾病 疾病 | disease; sickness; ailment | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 另 另 | other; another; separate; separately | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 两全其美 兩全其美 | to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too | Idiom |
| 双宿双飞 雙宿雙飛 | lit. to rest and fly together (idiom); fig. to live in each other's pockets; to be inseparable | Idiom |
| 发号施令 發號施令 | to boss people around (idiom) | Idiom |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 儿戏 兒戲 | child's play; trifling matter | Xiehouyu |
| 自得其乐 自得其樂 | to find amusement in one's own way; to enjoy oneself quietly | Xiehouyu |
| 乱糟糟 亂糟糟 | chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess | Xiehouyu |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 胡子 鬍子 | beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit | Colloquialism |
| 慧 慧 | bright, intelligent; intelligence | |
| 斐 斐 | graceful, elegant, beautiful | |
| 姑 姑 | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 桂 桂 | cassia or cinnamon | |
| 嫂 嫂 | (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | |
| 朴 樸 | simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 洞房 洞房 | secret inner room; bridal room | |
| 殿 殿 | palace hall | |
| 媒婆 媒婆 | matchmaker | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 锦 錦 | brocade | |
| 媒 媒 | go-between, matchmaker; medium | |
| 禀 稟 | report to, petition |