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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无补于事 無補於事 wú bǔ yú shì of no help to the matter; useless; to no avail (idiom) ∼HSK 6
名帖 名帖 míng tiě name card; business card ∼HSK 6
鼻烟壶 鼻煙壺 bí yān hú snuff bottle ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
知耻 知恥 zhī chǐ to have a sense of shame ∼HSK 6
病魔 病魔 bìng mó serious illness ∼HSK 6
隐衷 隱衷 yǐn zhōng a secret; sth best not told to anyone; confidential information ∼HSK 6
鸣禽 鳴禽 míng qín songbird ∼HSK 6
邂逅 邂逅 xiè hòu (literary) to meet sb by chance; to run into sb ∼HSK 6
回绝 回絕 huí jué to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
古训 古訓 gǔ xùn old adage; ancient teaching ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
佳偶 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple ∼HSK 6
光景 光景 guāng jǐng circumstances; scene; about; probably ∼HSK 6
明理 明理 míng lǐ sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
家母 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother ∼HSK 6
但愿如此 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) ∼HSK 6
临别 臨別 lín bié just before parting ∼HSK 6
休要 休要 xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6
婚嫁 婚嫁 hūn jià marriage ∼HSK 6
诸事 諸事 zhū shì everything; every matter ∼HSK 6
顺遂 順遂 shùn suì everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes ∼HSK 6
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own ∼HSK 6
忠臣 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official ∼HSK 6
改嫁 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
监牢 監牢 jiān láo prison; jail ∼HSK 6
小婿 小婿 xiǎo xù humble son-in-law ∼HSK 6
一面之词 一面之詞 yī miàn zhī cí one side of the story; one-sided statement ∼HSK 6
有财有势 有財有勢 yǒu cái yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom); having both wealth and influence ∼HSK 6
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses ∼HSK 6
依仗 依仗 yī zhàng to count on; to rely on ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
情意 情意 qíng yì friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
善举 善舉 shàn jǔ meritorious deed; benevolent act ∼HSK 6
故里 故里 gù lǐ home town; native place ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
落魄 落魄 luò pò down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4] ∼HSK 6
充饥 充飢 chōng jī to allay one's hunger ∼HSK 6
歪风 歪風 wāi fēng unhealthy trend; noxious influence ∼HSK 6
无端 無端 wú duān for no reason at all ∼HSK 6
缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one ∼HSK 6
好学 好學 hǎo xué easy to learn HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it HSK 6
斯文 斯文 sī wén refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle HSK 6
只管 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) HSK 6