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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衙 衙 Yá public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
成何体统 成何體統 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal!; Whatever next? ∼HSK 5
问罪 問罪 wèn zuì to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish ∼HSK 5
耀 耀 yào shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
虎将 虎將 hǔ jiàng valiant general ∼HSK 5
施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor) ∼HSK 5
不舍 不捨 bù shě reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
莽撞 莽撞 mǎng zhuàng rash; reckless ∼HSK 5
癞 癩 lài leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy ∼HSK 5
唤 喚 huàn summon, call ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
财宝 財寶 cái bǎo money and valuables ∼HSK 5
丈母娘 丈母孃 zhàngmuniáng mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
躬 躬 gōng body; personally, in person ∼HSK 5
耕 畊 gēng plow, cultivate ∼HSK 5
蹶 蹶 jué stumble, fall down; trample ∼HSK 5
腹 腹 fù stomach, belly, abdomen; inside ∼HSK 5
转运 轉運 zhuǎn yùn to forward; to transfer; to transship; to have luck turn in one's favor ∼HSK 5
立下 立下 lì xià to set up; to establish ∼HSK 5
慨 嘅 kǎi sigh, regret; generous ∼HSK 5
骓 騅 Zhuī piebald horse ∼HSK 5
逝 逝 shì pass away; die ∼HSK 5
嘻 嘻 xī mirthful, happy; interjection ∼HSK 5
神交 神交 shén jiāo soul brothers; friends in spirit who have never met; to commune with ∼HSK 5
叩 叩 kòu knock, ask; kowtow, bow ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
糟透 糟透 zāo tòu in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
转文 轉文 zhuǎi wén to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions; Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2] ∼HSK 5
杞 杞 Qǐ willow; medlar tree; a small feudal state (Qi) ∼HSK 5
心神 心神 xīn shén mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution ∼HSK 5
吓坏 嚇壞 xià huài to be terrified; to terrify sb ∼HSK 5
诚心 誠心 chéng xīn sincerity ∼HSK 5
廿 廿 niàn twenty, twentieth ∼HSK 5
蹩 蹩 bié to limp ∼HSK 5
焉 焉 yān thereupon, then; how? why? where? ∼HSK 5
何以 何以 hé yǐ (literary) why; how ∼HSK 5
抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture; bride kidnapping ∼HSK 5
杠 槓 gāng lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
腐 腐 fǔ rot, decay, spoil; rotten ∼HSK 5
儒 儒 rú Confucian scholar ∼HSK 5
可比 可比 kě bǐ comparable ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5