The Bride Napping

The Bride Napping 1962

花田错 huā tián cuò

The romance of a squire's daughter and a poor but refined scholar is thwarted when a loutish bandit is mistaken for the scholar by a confused servant and is given the idea that the daughter's hand in marriage is his for the asking. Rich in cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and reversals of gender roles, the film playfully subverts traditional Confucian values.

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Vocabulary

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反面无情 反面無情 fǎn miàn wú qíng lit. to turn one's face and become heartless (idiom); fig. to suddenly turn hostile; cold and unfeeling Idiom ∼HSK 7
男女有别 男女有別 nán nǚ yǒu bié men and women should be distinct (idiom); the sexes should be kept apart; propriety between the sexes Idiom ∼HSK 7
八仙过海 八仙過海 bā xiān guò hǎi lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea — each shows their own special talent (idiom); fig. everyone using their own unique abilities Idiom ∼HSK 7
解铃还是系铃人 解鈴還是繫鈴人 jiě líng hái shì xì líng rén lit. whoever tied the bell must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should be the one to end it Idiom ∼HSK 7
片瓦无存 片瓦無存 piàn wǎ wú cún lit. not a single tile left standing (idiom); fig. utterly destroyed; razed to the ground Idiom ∼HSK 7
鱼肉乡里 魚肉鄉里 yú ròu xiāng lǐ lit. to make meat of one's neighbors (idiom); fig. to oppress and exploit the local people; to tyrannize a community Idiom ∼HSK 7
出口成章 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent; articulate Idiom HSK 7
引经据典 引經據典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn lit. to quote the classics; to quote chapter and verse (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
萍水相逢 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match Idiom HSK 7
心急如焚 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience; torn with anxiety Idiom HSK 7
大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited Xiehouyu HSK 7
捣乱 搗亂 dǎo luàn to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying; proverb; colloquial speech Colloquialism HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
啰唆 囉唆 luō suo variant of 啰嗦 HSK 7
闹着玩儿 鬧著玩兒 nào zhe wán r to play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb HSK 7
对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway HSK 7
私房钱 私房錢 sī fáng qián secret purse; secret stash of money HSK 7
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
过奖 過獎 guò jiǎng to overpraise; to flatter HSK 7
豁达 豁達 huò dá optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine HSK 7
气魄 氣魄 qì pò spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude HSK 7
庙会 廟會 miào huì temple fair HSK 7
冒昧 冒昧 mào mèi bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of HSK 7
看热闹 看熱鬧 kàn rè nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are HSK 7
每逢 每逢 měi féng every time; on each occasion; whenever HSK 7
起劲 起勁 qǐ jìn energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
山寨 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); (fig.) knockoff (goods); counterfeit; imitation HSK 7
莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed HSK 7
岳母 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law HSK 7
标致 標致 biāo zhi beautiful (of woman); pretty HSK 7
解围 解圍 jiě wéi to lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment HSK 7
公事 公事 gōng shì work-related matters; documents HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7