Return of the Phoenix 1963
凤还巢
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.
Vocabulary
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| 赠 贈 | to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) | |
| 鸭子 鴨子 | duck; male prostitute (slang) | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 风光 風光 | scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 递 遞 | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order | |
| 逃走 逃走 | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 不顾 不顧 | in spite of; regardless of | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 回避 迴避 | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) | |
| 盆 盆 | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 当前 當前 | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 犹豫 猶豫 | to hesitate | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 迷人 迷人 | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 分离 分離 | to separate | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 到来 到來 | to arrive; arrival; advent | |
| 青 青 | abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse |