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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人言可畏 人言可畏 rén yán kě wèi gossip is a fearful thing (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
心满意足 心滿意足 xīn mǎn yì zú perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
牛郎织女 牛郎織女 niú láng zhī nǚ Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars) Idiom ∼HSK 6
才子佳人 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); fig. pair of ideal lovers Idiom ∼HSK 6
如花似玉 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite Idiom ∼HSK 6
原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng - bù dòng lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact Idiom ∼HSK 6
好说歹说 好說歹說 hǎo shuō dǎi shuō (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible Idiom ∼HSK 6
指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold sb indirectly; to make oblique accusations (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
功成名就 功成名就 gōng chéng míng jiù to win success and recognition (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
公而忘私 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
吹胡子瞪眼 吹鬍子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn to get angry; to fume Idiom ∼HSK 6
飘飘然 飄飄然 piāo piāo rán elated; light and airy feeling (after a few drinks); smug and conceited; complacent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò - cōng míng (idiom) to think oneself clever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
洋罪 洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
世伯 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
母夜叉 母夜叉 mǔ yè chā witch; shrew; vixen ∼HSK 6
许配 許配 xǔ pèi to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages) ∼HSK 6
迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
攀谈 攀談 pān tán to chat ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
京兆 京兆 jīng zhào capital of a country ∼HSK 6
人氏 人氏 rén shì native; person from a particular place ∼HSK 6
舍下 捨下 shě xià my humble abode ∼HSK 6
意下如何 意下如何 yì xià rú hé how about it?; what do you think? ∼HSK 6
长幼有序 長幼有序 zhǎng　yòu　yǒu　xù the old and young have their proper order (idiom); seniority and precedence between elders and juniors ∼HSK 6
猖獗 猖獗 chāng jué to be rampant; to run wild ∼HSK 6
壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal; magnificent aspiration ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
小婿 小婿 xiǎo xù humble son-in-law ∼HSK 6
谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn thank for grace ∼HSK 6
金莲 金蓮 jīn lián golden lotus; (fig.) bound feet of a woman; also a personal name (Pan Jinlian) ∼HSK 6
娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner ∼HSK 6
洞房花烛夜 洞房花燭夜 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night ∼HSK 6
癞蛤蟆 癩蛤蟆 lài há ma toad ∼HSK 6
老公公 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch ∼HSK 6
免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6