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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4.94 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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成双作对 成雙作對 chéng shuāng zuò duì to form pairs; to be in couples ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
金榜题名 金榜題名 jīn bǎng tí míng to win top marks in the imperial examinations ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking ∼HSK 6
文武全才 文武全才 wén wǔ quán cái fully accomplished in both civil and military arts (idiom); talented in letters and arms ∼HSK 6
惹是生非 惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi to stir up trouble ∼HSK 6
押解 押解 yā jiè to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) ∼HSK 6
媳妇儿 媳婦兒 xí fù r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
逼人 逼人 bī rén pressing; threatening ∼HSK 6
休要 休要 xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6
不逊 不遜 bù xùn rude; impertinent ∼HSK 6
俗家 俗家 sú jiā layman; layperson; original home of a monk ∼HSK 6
斋饭 齋飯 zhāi fàn vegetarian alms food ∼HSK 6
吃素 吃素 chī sù to be a vegetarian ∼HSK 6
哀声叹气 哀聲嘆氣 āi shēng tàn qì to sigh and moan mournfully (idiom); to lament and groan in distress ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
解愁 解愁 jiě chóu to relieve melancholy ∼HSK 6
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant ∼HSK 6
一笔勾消 一筆勾消 yī bǐ gōu xiāo to write off with one stroke; to cancel or forgive entirely (idiom) (variant of 一笔勾销) ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
贼窝 賊窩 zéi wō thieves' lair ∼HSK 6
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
看得起 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
把戏 把戲 bǎ xì acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
眼看 眼看 yǎn kàn soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
不便 不便 bù biàn inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head; to yield; to give in HSK 6
拐 枴 guǎi cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
账 賬 zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
亲眼 親眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
渡 渡 dù to cross; to pass through; to ferry HSK 6
赖 賴 lài to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on HSK 6
番 番 fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6
歌词 歌詞 gē cí song lyric; lyrics HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
扭 扭 niǔ to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips HSK 6