The Female Prince 1964
双凤奇缘
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...
Vocabulary
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| 只见 只見 | to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) | |
| 回信 回信 | to reply; to write back; letter written in reply | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 辈 輩 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 赠 贈 | to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) | |
| 无奈 無奈 | to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately | |
| 为主 為主 | to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to | |
| 关怀 關懷 | care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to | |
| 逃走 逃走 | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 桃 桃 | peach | |
| 等候 等候 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 真理 真理 | truth | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 寸 寸 | a unit of length; inch; thumb | |
| 向前 向前 | forward; onward | |
| 大厅 大廳 | hall; lounge | |
| 分离 分離 | to separate | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 期望 期望 | to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 到来 到來 | to arrive; arrival; advent | |
| 不幸 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse |