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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嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
霸王 霸王 bà wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
老朽 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) ∼HSK 6
小婿 小婿 xiǎo xù humble son-in-law ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
太公 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father ∼HSK 6
丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf; kerchief; silk neckband ∼HSK 6
贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy younger brother ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
良人 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
许配 許配 xǔ pèi to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages) ∼HSK 6
奉送 奉送 fèng sòng (honorific) to give ∼HSK 6
娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
轻浮 輕浮 qīng fú frivolous; careless; giddy ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
事到如今 事到如今 shì dào rú jīn as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) ∼HSK 6
山贼 山賊 shān zéi brigand ∼HSK 6
娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman; wife ∼HSK 6
良家 良家 liáng jiā respectable family; decent family ∼HSK 6
惹事 惹事 rě shì to cause trouble ∼HSK 6
摊子 攤子 tān zi booth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
告便 告便 gào biàn to ask to be excused; to ask leave to go to the toilet ∼HSK 6
及笄 及笄 jí jī to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday) ∼HSK 6
寻短见 尋短見 xún duǎn jiàn to commit suicide ∼HSK 6
男扮女装 男扮女裝 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom) ∼HSK 6
私情 私情 sī qíng personal considerations; love affair ∼HSK 6
实不相瞒 實不相瞞 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell; to be quite honest... ∼HSK 6
新郎官 新郎官 xīn láng guān bridegroom; groom ∼HSK 6
拜堂 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地 ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
虾蟆 蝦蟆 há ma variant of ∼HSK 6
壮士 壯士 zhuàng shì warrior ∼HSK 6
男大当婚 男大當婚 nán dà dāng hūn a grown man should take a wife (idiom); usu. paired with 女大当嫁 ∼HSK 6
女大当嫁 女大當嫁 nǚ dà dāng jià a grown woman should marry (idiom); usu. paired with 男大当婚 ∼HSK 6
假门假事 假門假事 jiǎ mén jiǎ shì to put on a false front (idiom); to act in a sham, pretentious manner; phony behavior ∼HSK 6
推托 推託 tuī tuō to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something) ∼HSK 6
噜苏 嚕囌 lū sū long-winded; wordy; troublesome; pesky; to talk endlessly; to go on and on; also pr. [luo1suo1] ∼HSK 6
招赘 招贅 zhāo zhuì to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage ∼HSK 6
不致 不致 bù zhì not in such a way as to; not likely to ∼HSK 6
耍猴 耍猴 shuǎ hóu to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb; to tease ∼HSK 6
踩高跷 踩高蹺 cǎi gāo qiāo to walk on stilts ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
垂钓 垂釣 chuí diào angling ∼HSK 6