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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三两 三兩 sān liǎng two or three ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
风月 風月 fēng yuè romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc) ∼HSK 1
差一点 差一點 chà yī diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
小妹 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
小女 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
难上难 難上難 nán shàng nán extremely difficult; even more difficult ∼HSK 1
写字 寫字 xiě zì to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
学好 學好 xué hǎo to follow good examples ∼HSK 1
欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
语 語 yǔ language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
家老 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household ∼HSK 1
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
在地下 在地下 zài dì xià underground ∼HSK 1
偕老 偕老 xié lǎo to grow old together ∼HSK 1
有别 有別 yǒu bié different; distinct; unequal; variable ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey; far from home ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
是以 是以 shì yǐ therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
书斋 書齋 shū zhāi study (room) ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
仆人 僕人 pú rén servant ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
不送 不送 bù sòng don't bother to see me out ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
出外 出外 chū wài to go out; to leave for another place ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1