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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| 归省 歸省 | to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects | |
| 下楼 下樓 | to go downstairs | |
| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 家务 家務 | household duties; housework | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 难免 難免 | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 手工 手工 | handwork; manual | |
| 粮食 糧食 | foodstuff; cereals | |
| 伞 傘 | umbrella; parasol | |
| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 鲜 鮮 | fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods | |
| 泪 淚 | tears | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 浅 淺 | sound of moving water | |
| 镜子 鏡子 | mirror | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 被迫 被迫 | to be compelled; to be forced | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 男女 男女 | male-female; male and female | |
| 棵 棵 | classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc | |
| 眼镜 眼鏡 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 遇见 遇見 | to meet | |
| 交换 交換 | to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 回复 回復 | to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email) | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research |