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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Vocabulary

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自强 自強 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement ∼HSK 4
特来 特來 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind ∼HSK 4
美色 美色 měi sè charm; loveliness (of a woman) ∼HSK 4
男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
失身分 失身分 shī shēn fèn demeaning ∼HSK 4
败兴 敗興 bài xìng disappointed ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
虫 蟲 chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
谅 諒 liàng excuse, forgive; guess, presume ∼HSK 4
板牙 板牙 bǎn yá incisor; molar; screw die; threading die ∼HSK 4
冬瓜 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
无常 無常 wú cháng variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die ∼HSK 4
貌相 貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial); looks; to judge a person by appearances ∼HSK 4
照镜子 照鏡子 zhào jìng zi to look in the mirror ∼HSK 4
闺秀 閨秀 guī xiù well-bred young lady ∼HSK 4
危 危 Wēi dangerous, precarious; high ∼HSK 4
方头 方頭 fāng tóu square headed ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
本应 本應 běn yīng should have; ought to have ∼HSK 4
常言说得好 常言說得好 cháng yán shuō de hǎo as the saying goes; as they say... ∼HSK 4
幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
贺喜 賀喜 hè xǐ to congratulate ∼HSK 4
从何 從何 cóng hé whence?; where from? ∼HSK 4
未报 未報 wèi bào unavenged; still demanding retribution ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
有何贵干 有何貴幹 yǒu hé guì gàn What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you? ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
明言 明言 míng yán to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
怜 憐 lián pity, sympathize ∼HSK 4
应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc) ∼HSK 4
尊意 尊意 zūn yì (honorific) your respected opinion; What do you think, your majesty? ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
西瓜 西瓜 xī guā watermelon HSK 4
海水 海水 hǎi shuǐ seawater HSK 4
新郎 新郎 xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower; fresh flowers HSK 4
瓜 瓜 guā melon; gourd; squash HSK 4
严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
弯 彎 wān to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc) HSK 4
江 江 jiāng river HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
尺 尺 chě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 HSK 4