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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| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 左 左 | surname Zuo | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly |