The Bride Napping

The Bride Napping 1962

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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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forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once HSK 3
yuán person; employee; member HSK 3
kùn to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute HSK 3
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
jǐn barely; only; merely HSK 3
zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
tóng to agree; to consent; to approve HSK 3
jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
suí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3