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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在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
不由 不由 bù yóu can't help (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
小妹 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
叩见 叩見 kòu jiàn to kowtow in salute ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man; boy; son ∼HSK 1
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
天明 天明 tiān míng dawn; daybreak ∼HSK 1
回京 回京 huí Jīng to return to the capital ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
哪一个 哪一個 nǎ yī ge which ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
天子 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) ∼HSK 1
他日 他日 tā rì (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past ∼HSK 1
正要 正要 zhèng yào to be just about to; to be on the point of ∼HSK 1
出外 出外 chū wài to go out; to leave for another place ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
看书 看書 kàn shū to read; to study ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
中帮 中幫 zhōng bāng mid-top (shoes) ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
难行 難行 nán xíng hard to pass ∼HSK 1
行囊 行囊 xíng náng traveling bag; luggage ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
有喜 有喜 yǒu xǐ to be expecting; to be with child ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years ∼HSK 1
不遂 不遂 bù suì to fail; to fail to materialize; not to get one's way ∼HSK 1
妹子 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister; girl ∼HSK 1
明月 明月 míng yuè bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1