The Female Prince

The Female Prince 1964

双凤奇缘 shuāng fèng jī yuán

The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow Sze-loke and written by Chang Cheh, the story revolved around two intellectual siblings, Ching Feng-sheng (Chin Feng) and Ching Feng-hsiao (Ivy Ling Po), who were constantly abused by their stepmother Hsia (Kao Pao-shu). Feng-hsiao was engaged to Li Ru-lung (Chin Han) since birth, but the greedy Hsia forced him to forfeit the marriage. When Ru-lung refused, Hsia framed him for thievery and put him behind bars. To rescue her lover, Feng-hsiao dressed as a young man and went to the capital. She then used Ru-lung's name to enter the national exam and was ranked first place. Impressed by Feng-hsiao, the Emperor decided to let her wed the Princess (Fang Ying). On the wedding night, Feng-hsiao revealed the truth to the Princess...

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前厅 前廳 qián tīng anteroom; vestibule; lobby (of a hotel etc) ∼HSK 5
淫 淫 yín obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death; to die off in winter ∼HSK 5
偿 償 cháng repay, recompense; restitution ∼HSK 5
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister) ∼HSK 5
幼年 幼年 yòu nián childhood; infancy ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
丧 喪 sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
家妇 家婦 jiā fù wife (old) ∼HSK 5
姻 姻 yīn relatives by marriage ∼HSK 5
怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
无猜 無猜 wú cāi unsuspecting; innocent and without apprehension ∼HSK 5
襟 襟 jīn lapel, collar ∼HSK 5
贞 貞 zhēn virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal ∼HSK 5
私闯 私闖 sī chuǎng to enter (a place) without permission; to intrude into ∼HSK 5
奸 奸 jiān crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 5
寡 寡 guǎ widowed; alone, friendless ∼HSK 5
家舅 家舅 jiā jiù (polite) my maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
荫 蔭 yìn shade, shelter; protect ∼HSK 5
酌 酌 zhuó serve wine; feast; deliberate ∼HSK 5
儒 儒 rú Confucian scholar ∼HSK 5
童 童 Tóng boy, child ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
厢 廂 xiāng side-room, wing; theatre box ∼HSK 5
歇息 歇息 xiēxi rest ∼HSK 5
一年半载 一年半載 yī nián bàn zǎi about a year ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
缙 縉 jìn red silk ∼HSK 5
绅 紳 shēn girdle; tie, bind; gentry ∼HSK 5
尘 塵 chén dust; dirt; earth ∼HSK 5
虹 虹 hóng rainbow ∼HSK 5
群雄 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes; warlords vying for supremacy (in former times); stars (of sports or pop music) ∼HSK 5
谦恭 謙恭 qiān gōng polite and modest ∼HSK 5
琼 瓊 Qióng jade; rare, precious; elegant; (Cant.) to coagulate ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
丰姿 丰姿 fēng zī charm; good looks ∼HSK 5
说媒 說媒 shuō méi to act as a matchmaker ∼HSK 5
姿 姿 zī beauty; disposition; looks; appearance ∼HSK 5
谦让 謙讓 qiān ràng to modestly decline ∼HSK 5
圣 聖 kū holy, sage ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
违 違 wéi disobey, violate, defy; be apart from ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5