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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| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 上元 上元 | Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar | Proper Noun |
| 陕西 陝西 | Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 点点 點點 | Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) | Proper Noun |
| 三重 三重 | Sanchong, a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan; Mie Prefecture in central Japan | Proper Noun |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 花轿 花轎 | bridal sedan chair | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 医 醫 | cure, heal; doctor, medical | |
| 下个 下個 | second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 大雨 大雨 | heavy rain | |
| 孺子 孺子 | (literary) child | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 来着 來著 | auxiliary showing sth happened in the past | |
| 住口 住口 | shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing... about it | |
| 衙门 衙門 | yamen, government office in dynastic China | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 天大 天大 | gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 送去 送去 | to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 一字 一字 | in a row; in a line | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 别有 別有 | to have other...; to have a special... | |
| 见笑 見笑 | to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. |