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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| 旧好 舊好 | old friendship | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 老大爷 老大爺 | uncle; grandpa | |
| 禀报 稟報 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 霎时 霎時 | in a split second | |
| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 双双 雙雙 | both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 场所 場所 | location; place | |
| 告别 告別 | to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 缺少 缺少 | lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 打破 打破 | to break; to smash | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial |