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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| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 称 稱 | to fit; balanced; suitable | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 许多 許多 | many; a lot of; much | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 度 度 | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 一般 一般 | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 故事 故事 | old practice |