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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大红 大紅 dà hóng crimson ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
才女 才女 cái nǚ talented girl ∼HSK 2
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) ∼HSK 2
身穿 身穿 shēn chuān to wear (a garment) ∼HSK 2
见不得 見不得 jiàn bu dé not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
门房 門房 mén fáng gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
今生 今生 jīn shēng this life ∼HSK 2
成真 成真 chéng zhēn to come true ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
更衣 更衣 gēng yī to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism) ∼HSK 2
门生 門生 mén shēng disciple; student (of a famous master) ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
为重 為重 wéi zhòng to attach most importance to ∼HSK 2
有份 有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of; to leave; separation ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
前年 前年 qián nián the year before last HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
题 題 tí topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
绿 綠 lǜ green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2