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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只身 隻身 zhī shēn alone; by oneself ∼HSK 2
生来 生來 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
成日 成日 chéng rì all day long; the whole day; the whole time ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
饱读 飽讀 bǎo dú to read intensively ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
出气 出氣 chū qì to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale ∼HSK 2
大丈夫 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
坐骑 坐騎 zuò qí saddle horse; mount ∼HSK 2
三更 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1] ∼HSK 2
画笔 畫筆 huà bǐ painting brush ∼HSK 2
款 款 kuǎn item, article; clause; fund ∼HSK 2
五更 五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
黑天 黑天 hēi tiān night; nightfall ∼HSK 2
黄道 黃道 huáng dào (astronomy) the ecliptic ∼HSK 2
可看 可看 kě kàn worth seeing ∼HSK 2
哪像 哪像 nǎ xiàng unlike; in contrast to ∼HSK 2
道人 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) ∼HSK 2
名门 名門 míng mén famous family; prestigious house ∼HSK 2
黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl) ∼HSK 2
书信 書信 shū xìn letter; epistle ∼HSK 2
向北 向北 xiàng běi northward; facing north ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
向南 向南 xiàng nán southward ∼HSK 2
息 息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
说得上 說得上 shuō de shàng can be counted or regarded as; to be able to tell or answer; to deserve mention ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
黑白不分 黑白不分 hēi bái bù fēn can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right ∼HSK 2
客店 客店 kè diàn small hotel; inn ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
像话 像話 xiàng huà proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
撅嘴 撅嘴 juē zuǐ to pout ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
天上 天上 tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2