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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在地下 在地下 zài dì xià underground ∼HSK 1
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera ∼HSK 1
好不 好不 hǎo bù not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
花轿 花轎 huā jiào bridal sedan chair ∼HSK 1
月老 月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker; go-between; same as ∼HSK 1
高唱 高唱 gāo chàng to sing loudly; fig. to mouth slogans ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
回门 回門 huí mén first return of bride to her parental home ∼HSK 1
去重 去重 qù chóng to remove duplicates ∼HSK 1
住口 住口 zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
家小 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children; wife ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
家书 家書 jiā shū letter to or from home or family ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
住客 住客 zhù kè hotel guest; tenant ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
错用 錯用 cuò yòng to misuse; to misapply ∼HSK 1
大老远 大老遠 dà lǎo yuǎn very far away ∼HSK 1
不差 不差 bù chā to not lack ∼HSK 1
老少 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young ∼HSK 1
阖家 闔家 hé jiā variant of ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
请进 請進 qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1