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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美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
千里迢迢 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ - tiáo tiáo (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar Idiom ∼HSK 2
白头到老 白頭到老 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part Idiom ∼HSK 2
三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老丈人 老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
满人 滿人 Mǎn rén a Manchu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
雪雁 雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
满门 滿門 mǎn mén the whole family ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
脸面 臉面 liǎn miàn face ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
半夜三更 半夜三更 bàn yè - sān gēng (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
帮办 幫辦 bāng bàn assist in managing; deputy ∼HSK 2
行装 行裝 xíng zhuāng clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
男装 男裝 nán zhuāng men's clothes ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
下酒 下酒 xià jiǔ to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink ∼HSK 2