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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要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
不用说 不用說 bù yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1
前天 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
妹 妹 mèi younger sister HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
雨 雨 yǔ rain HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
姐姐 姐姐 jiě jie older sister HSK 1
树 樹 shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
坏 壞 huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
哥 哥 gē elder brother HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
读 讀 dòu comma; phrase marked by pause HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
教 教 jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
差 差 chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly HSK 1
第 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
床 床 chuáng bed; couch; classifier for beds HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
来到 來到 lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
白 白 bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1