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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4.94 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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可一而不可再 可一而不可再 kě yī ér bù kě zài may be done once and once only; just this once ∼HSK 5
安歇 安歇 ān xiē to go to bed; to retire for the night ∼HSK 5
事已至此 事已至此 shì yǐ zhì cǐ as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 5
鞍 鞌 ān saddle; any saddle-shaped object ∼HSK 5
烈女 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
恶梦 惡夢 è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 5
可恨 可恨 kě hèn hateful ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
策 策 Cè scheme, plan; to whip; urge ∼HSK 5
阻 阻 zǔ impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose ∼HSK 5
公文 公文 gōng wén official document ∼HSK 5
强逼 強逼 qiǎng bī to compel; to force ∼HSK 5
兄妹 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) ∼HSK 5
英雄好汉 英雄好漢 yīng xióng hǎo hàn heroes ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
宵 宵 xiāo night, evening, dark ∼HSK 5
赈 賑 zhèn relieve, aid distressed; rich ∼HSK 5
癫 癲 diān crazy, mad; madness, mania, insan ∼HSK 5
慈悲 慈悲 cíbēi compassion ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
寒舍 寒舍 hán shè my humble home ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
家姑 家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters ∼HSK 5
杀人不过头点地 殺人不過頭點地 shā rén bù guò tóu diǎn dì It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously; a fuss about nothing; nothing to write home about ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
破口大骂 破口大罵 pò kǒu - dà mà (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
恭祝 恭祝 gōng zhù to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing) ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
桃花 桃花 táo huā peach blossom; (fig.) love affair HSK 5
书法 書法 shū fǎ calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
转让 轉讓 zhuǎn ràng to transfer (ownership, rights etc) HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
猴 猴 hóu monkey HSK 5
约束 約束 yuē shù to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint HSK 5
终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong; all one's life; marriage HSK 5
盆 盆 pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5