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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门生 門生 mén shēng disciple; student (of a famous master) ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
行装 行裝 xíng zhuāng clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
载 載 zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
成对 成對 chéng duì to form a pair ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
题名 題名 tí míng autograph; to sign one's name ∼HSK 2
女流 女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
才学 才學 cái xué talent and learning; scholarship ∼HSK 2
只身 隻身 zhī shēn alone; by oneself ∼HSK 2
栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at; to live in (temporarily) ∼HSK 2
夜半 夜半 yè bàn midnight ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
怎么得了 怎麼得了 zěn me dé liǎo how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
前妻 前妻 qián qī ex-wife; late wife ∼HSK 2
送信 送信 sòng xìn to send word; to deliver a letter ∼HSK 2
去信 去信 qù xìn to send a letter to; to write to ∼HSK 2
求取 求取 qiú qǔ to seek after; to strive for ∼HSK 2
取出 取出 qǔ chū to take out; to extract; to draw out ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
成名 成名 chéng míng to make one's name; to become famous ∼HSK 2
黑天半夜 黑天半夜 hēi tiān - bàn yè (idiom) in the middle of the night ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
身分 身分 shēn fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
颜面 顏面 yán miàn face; prestige ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
向南 向南 xiàng nán southward ∼HSK 2
向东 向東 xiàng dōng eastwards ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
找遍 找遍 zhǎo biàn to search everywhere; to search high and low; to comb ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
大红 大紅 dà hóng crimson ∼HSK 2