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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| 不要 不要 | don't!; must not | |
| 不过 不過 | only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) | |
| 一直 一直 | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through | |
| 一定 一定 | surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must | |
| 带 帶 | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise | |
| 位 位 | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential | |
| 这么 這麼 | so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this | |
| 向 向 | towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... | |
| 那么 那麼 | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case | |
| 当 噹 | to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) | |
| 才 才 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only | |
| 更 更 | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
| 该 該 | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned | |
| 只 隻 | only; merely; just; but | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 天南地北 天南地北 | (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that | Idiom |
| 将就 將就 | to accept (a bit reluctantly); to put up with | Xiehouyu |
| 多谢 多謝 | many thanks; thanks a lot | Xiehouyu |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 最好是 最好是 | (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 昨儿 昨兒 | (coll.) yesterday | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 京都 京都 | Kyoto, Japan | Proper Noun |
| 大秦 大秦 | Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire | Proper Noun |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 进京 進京 | to enter the capital; to go to Beijing | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin |