Return of the Phoenix

Return of the Phoenix 1963

凤还巢 fèng huán cháo

Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.

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令嫒 令嬡 lìng ài variant of ∼HSK 5
柳叶眉 柳葉眉 liǔ yè méi long, shapely eyebrows ∼HSK 5
髻 髻 jì hair rolled up in a bun, topknot ∼HSK 5
簪 簪 zān hairpin, clasp; wear in hair ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
冒烟 冒煙 mào yān to discharge smoke; to fume with rage ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
崖 崖 yá cliff, precipice; precipitous ∼HSK 5
缰 韁 jiāng reins, bridle ∼HSK 5
袄 襖 ǎo outer garments; coat, jacket ∼HSK 5
祠 祠 cí ancestral temple; offer sacrifice ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
绽 綻 zhàn ripped seam, rend, crack ∼HSK 5
雁 雁 yàn wild goose ∼HSK 5
旋 旋 xuán revolve, move in orbit; return ∼HSK 5
戈 戈 Gē halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62 ∼HSK 5
跃马 躍馬 yuè mǎ to gallop; to spur on a horse; to let one's steed have his head ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
羞惭 羞慚 xiū cán a disgrace; ashamed ∼HSK 5
帝王 帝王 dì wáng regent; monarch ∼HSK 5
爪 爪 zhǎo claw, nail, talon; animal feet ∼HSK 5
苦劳 苦勞 kǔ láo toil; hard work ∼HSK 5
大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general; generalissimo ∼HSK 5
劳顿 勞頓 láo dùn (literary) fatigued; wearied ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
前厅 前廳 qián tīng anteroom; vestibule; lobby (of a hotel etc) ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
军旅 軍旅 jūn lǚ army ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite; (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking; a mind reader ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
丧 喪 sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
罄 罄 qìng exhaust, run out, use up; empty ∼HSK 5
衷 衷 zhōng inner feelings ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
一宿 一宿 yīxiǔ one night's stay ∼HSK 5
八辈子 八輩子 bā bèi zi (fig.) a long time ∼HSK 5
楣 楣 méi crossbeam above or under gate ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
害人 害人 hài rén to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5