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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织女星 織女星 Zhī nǚ xīng Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和顺 和順 Hé shùn Heshun county in Jinzhong, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安康 安康 Ān kāng Ankang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青山 青山 Qīng shān Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中野 中野 Zhōng yě Nakano (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尚书 尚書 Shàng shū same as Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西施 西施 Xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
貂蝉 貂蟬 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo to ensure his overthrow by fighting her Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄泉 黃泉 Huáng quán the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal; commander-in-chief ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
稿 稾 gǎo draft, manuscript, rough copy ∼HSK 4
厚爱 厚愛 hòu ài to show great affection and care ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
貌 貌 mào countenance, appearance ∼HSK 4
先父 先父 xiān fù deceased father; my late father ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
自古 自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
未成 未成 wèi chéng incomplete; unfinished ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
常言 常言 cháng yán common saying ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
尊容 尊容 zūn róng august countenance; your face (usually mocking) ∼HSK 4
乱民 亂民 luàn mín rebels ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
温饱 溫飽 wēn bǎo to have enough food and warm clothes; adequately provided ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on; to worship (a God); to pay homage to sb ∼HSK 4
虑 慮 lǜ be concerned, worry about ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
安家 安家 ān jiā to settle down; to set up a home ∼HSK 4
他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land; away from one's native place ∼HSK 4