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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| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 十分 十分 | very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 说明 說明 | to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 片 片 | disk; sheet | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 万 万 | used in 俟 |