The Mirror and the Lichee 1967
新陈三五娘
Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.
Vocabulary
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| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 幅 幅 | width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 才貌双全 才貌雙全 | talented and good-looking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 挺身而出 挺身而出 | to step forward bravely | Idiom |
| 口是心非 口是心非 | duplicity; hypocrisy (idiom) | Idiom |
| 酒囊饭袋 酒囊飯袋 | wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing | Idiom |
| 穷酸 窮酸 | (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 潮 潮 | tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 泉州 泉州 | Quanzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province | Proper Noun |
| 潮州 潮州 | Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 同心 同心 | Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia | Proper Noun |
| 同乡 同鄉 | person from the same village, town, or province | Proper Noun |
| 巡抚 巡撫 | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times | Proper Noun |
| 秀才 秀才 | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent | Proper Noun |
| 潮阳 潮陽 | Chaoyang District of Shantou City, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 县令 縣令 | county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | Proper Noun |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 镜 鏡 | mirror; lens; glass; glasses | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 知 知 | know |