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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| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 书香门第 書香門第 | family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family | Idiom |
| 夜深人静 夜深人靜 | in the dead of night (idiom) | Idiom |
| 本来面目 本來面目 | (idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance | Idiom |
| 一条心 一條心 | to be of one mind; to think or act alike | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 襄阳 襄陽 | Xiangyang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province | Proper Noun |
| 城外 城外 | outside of a city | Proper Noun |
| 小桥 小橋 | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two great beauties of ancient China | Proper Noun |
| 明朝 明朝 | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) | Proper Noun |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 退婚 退婚 | to break off an engagement | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 相国 相國 | prime minister (in ancient China) | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 强人 強人 | (politics) strongman; (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person; (old) robber | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 眼力 眼力 | eyesight; strength of vision; the ability to make discerning judgments | |
| 成婚 成婚 | to get married | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 提亲 提親 | to propose marriage | |
| 亲事 親事 | marriage | |
| 深闺 深閨 | lady's private room or bedroom; boudoir | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 千金 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter |