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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已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
靠不住 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
高才 高才 gāo cái great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
天生的一对 天生的一對 tiān shēng de yī duì couple who were made for each other Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
上元节 上元節 Shàng yuán jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
从今以后 從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
老丈 老丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man) ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
晚生 晚生 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old) ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
名门 名門 míng mén famous family; prestigious house ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
丈 丈 zhàng unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband ∼HSK 2
开道 開道 kāi dào to clear the way ∼HSK 2
当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street; facing the street ∼HSK 2
红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks ∼HSK 2
不在意 不在意 bù zài yì to pay no attention to; not to mind ∼HSK 2
助兴 助興 zhù xìng to add to the fun; to liven things up ∼HSK 2
借住 借住 jiè zhù to lodge ∼HSK 2
得中 得中 dé zhōng moderate; appropriate; suitable ∼HSK 2
夫婿 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
做为 做為 zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2