The Mirror and the Lichee

The Mirror and the Lichee 1967

新陈三五娘 xīn chén sānwǔ niáng

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.

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伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
官家 官家 guān jiā emperor; government; official ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
家严 家嚴 jiā yán (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
面镜 面鏡 miàn jìng mask (diving) ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
访 訪 fǎng visit; ask, inquire ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
定然 定然 dìng rán certainly; of course ∼HSK 4
施 施 Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
厚爱 厚愛 hòu ài to show great affection and care ∼HSK 4
自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter ∼HSK 4
无所不为 無所不為 wú suǒ bù wéi not stopping at anything; all manner of evil ∼HSK 4
败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
菲 菲 Fēi fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines ∼HSK 4
万幸 萬幸 wàn xìng very lucky indeed ∼HSK 4
浅见 淺見 qiǎn jiàn shallow opinion; humble opinion ∼HSK 4
无意中 無意中 wú yì zhōng accidentally; unintentionally; unexpectedly ∼HSK 4
避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind; to lie low; to stay out of trouble ∼HSK 4
传家宝 傳家寶 chuán jiā bǎo family heirloom ∼HSK 4
无恙 無恙 wú yàng in good health ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
究办 究辦 jiū bàn to investigate and deal with ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
定局 定局 dìng jú foregone conclusion; to be settled conclusively ∼HSK 4
病苦 病苦 bìng kǔ pains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism) ∼HSK 4
变作 變作 biàn zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 4
常言 常言 cháng yán common saying ∼HSK 4
回程 回程 huí chéng return trip ∼HSK 4
永诀 永訣 yǒng jué to part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death) ∼HSK 4
定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage; betrothal ∼HSK 4
反悔 反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) ∼HSK 4
巾 巾 jīn kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 ∼HSK 4
无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
雨伞 雨傘 yǔ sǎn umbrella ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4