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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| 好友 好友 | close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 酸 酸 | sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 切 切 | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 修心养性 修心養性 | to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation | Idiom |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 南城 南城 | Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 康乐 康樂 | Kangle County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 朝中 朝中 | North Korea-China | Proper Noun |
| 龙凤 龍鳳 | Longfeng district of Daqing city, Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |