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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| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 勉强 勉強 | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough | |
| 勾 勾 | used in 勾当 | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 尚未 尚未 | not yet; still not | |
| 劫 刦 | to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 手臂 手臂 | arm; helper | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 假装 假裝 | to feign; to pretend | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 狮子 獅子 | Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 抢劫 搶劫 | to rob; looting | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 婚姻 婚姻 | matrimony; wedding; marriage | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near |