The Bride Napping

The Bride Napping 1962

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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xiàng huà proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
liǎng (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
hòu yuàn rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
yòng wán used up; finished ∼HSK 2
kǎo to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to ∼HSK 2
sòng xìn to send word; to deliver a letter ∼HSK 2
biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
zěn me liǎo how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! ∼HSK 2
nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
qiú to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain ∼HSK 2
xiǎo si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
穿 穿 shēn chuān to wear (a garment) ∼HSK 2
zhuāng women's clothes ∼HSK 2
hǎo si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
zhòng to pass the provincial level imperial examination ∼HSK 2
receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
mén fáng gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter ∼HSK 2
bìng dǎo to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness ∼HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
qiú to seek after; to strive for ∼HSK 2
dào hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
lái shēng next life ∼HSK 2
gǒu ròu dog meat ∼HSK 2
jiǔ cài food and drink; food to accompany wine ∼HSK 2
shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
xiǎng tóu to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground ∼HSK 2
tóu to start; at first; beginning ∼HSK 2
rén to anger; to annoy ∼HSK 2
xiǎo míng pet name for a child; childhood name ∼HSK 2
gēng míng to rename ∼HSK 2
bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
guò to feel very apologetic ∼HSK 2
xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
nán tīng unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
zi sentence HSK 2
tou inside; interior HSK 2
zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
滿 mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
xìng míng surname and given name; full name HSK 2
shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2