The Bride Napping 1962
花田错
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.
Vocabulary
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| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 请便 請便 | Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home. | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 成亲 成親 | to get married | |
| 考期 考期 | the exam period; the exam date | |
| 红线 紅線 | red line | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 亲事 親事 | marriage | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 成婚 成婚 | to get married | |
| 劲 勁 | strong, unyielding, tough, power | |
| 赶考 趕考 | to go and take an imperial examination | |
| 鲁 魯 | foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 千金 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | |
| 强求 強求 | to insist on; to demand; to impose | |
| 总得 總得 | must; have to; be bound to | |
| 鼻 鼻 | nose; first; KangXi radical 209 | |
| 信物 信物 | keepsake; token | |
| 大美人 大美人 | gorgeous-looking woman | |
| 台子 檯子 | desk; (pool etc) table | |
| 叫春 叫春 | to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 撮合 撮合 | to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman | |
| 金银 金銀 | gold and silver | |
| 终身大事 終身大事 | major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) | |
| 香火 香火 | incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks | |
| 时分 時分 | time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 | |
| 事由 事由 | main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose; subject (of business letter) | |
| 报喜 報喜 | to announce good news; to report success | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 到那个时候 到那個時候 | until this moment | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 管住 管住 | to take control of; to manage; to curb | |
| 救急 救急 | to provide emergency assistance | |
| 脸皮 臉皮 | face; cheek | |
| 抓去 抓去 | to arrest and take away | |
| 过世 過世 | to die; to pass away | |
| 管得着 管得著 | to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business |