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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亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
父 父 fù father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
黄历 黃曆 huáng li Chinese divination almanac ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
裙 帬 qún skirt, apron, petticoat ∼HSK 3
会心 會心 huì xīn knowing (of a smile, look etc) ∼HSK 3
心领 心領 xīn lǐng I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) ∼HSK 3
请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home. ∼HSK 3
家居 家居 jiā jū home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed) ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
所知 所知 suǒ zhī known; what one knows ∼HSK 3
妻室 妻室 qī shì wife ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3
世家 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations; aristocratic family ∼HSK 3
不巧 不巧 bù qiǎo too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
过世 過世 guò shì to die; to pass away ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
板子 板子 bǎn zi board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times; the olden days ∼HSK 3
家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family; family traditions ∼HSK 3
力行 力行 lì xíng to practice diligently; to act energetically ∼HSK 3
汤药 湯藥 tāng yào tisane; decoction (Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 3
订亲 訂親 dìng qīn variant of ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
双眼 雙眼 shuāng yǎn the two eyes ∼HSK 3
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife; next life ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
前世 前世 qián shì previous generations; previous incarnation (Buddhism) ∼HSK 3
信物 信物 xìn wù keepsake; token ∼HSK 3
道破 道破 dào pò to expose; to reveal ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
世交 世交 shì jiāo (long time) friend of the family ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
荣耀 榮耀 róng yào honor; glory ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
不死心 不死心 bù sǐ xīn unwilling to give up; unresigned ∼HSK 3
丫环 丫環 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 3
梯 梯 tī ladder, steps, stairs; lean ∼HSK 3
银两 銀兩 yín liǎng silver (as currency) ∼HSK 3
领受 領受 lǐng shòu to accept; to receive ∼HSK 3
美意 美意 měi yì goodwill; kindness ∼HSK 3