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...

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
5.88 Advanced

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
英雄 英雄 yīng xióng hero HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
另 另 lìng other; another; separate; separately HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too Idiom ∼HSK 5
天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán - dì dòng (idiom) bitterly cold; frigid Idiom ∼HSK 5
血口喷人 血口噴人 xuè kǒu pēn rén to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks Idiom ∼HSK 5
翻脸不认人 翻臉不認人 fān liǎn bù rèn rén to fall out with sb and become hostile Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
儿戏 兒戲 ér xì child's play; trifling matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
推三阻四 推三阻四 tuī sān zǔ sì to use all sorts of excuses Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
箫 簫 xiāo bamboo flute ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
侄 侄 zhí nephew ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
戏言 戲言 xì yán joking matter; to go back on one's words ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
卿 卿 qīng noble, high officer ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
契 契 qì deed, contract, bond; engrave ∼HSK 5
冒名 冒名 mào míng an impostor; to impersonate ∼HSK 5
欺 欺 qī bully, deceive ∼HSK 5
闺 閨 guī small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women ∼HSK 5