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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据 㨿 jū used in 据 HSK 6
另 另 lìng other; another; separate; separately HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
有钱有势 有錢有勢 yǒu qián yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
含血喷人 含血噴人 hán xuè pēn rén to make false accusations against sb (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
没齿难忘 沒齒難忘 mò chǐ nán wàng hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives; undying gratitude Idiom ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
益 益 Yì profit, benefit; advantage ∼HSK 5
吕 呂 Lǚ surname; a musical note ∼HSK 5
卿 卿 qīng noble, high officer ∼HSK 5
珊瑚 珊瑚 shān hú coral ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
僮 僮 Zhuàng page, boy servant ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
孟 孟 Mèng first in series; great, eminent ∼HSK 5
大雄 大雄 dà xióng great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple) ∼HSK 5
石狮子 石獅子 shí shī zi guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
寒舍 寒舍 hán shè my humble home ∼HSK 5
联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units) ∼HSK 5
令嫒 令嬡 lìng ài variant of ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
打碎 打碎 dǎ suì to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces ∼HSK 5
描 描 miáo copy, trace, sketch; depict ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
盈 盈 yíng fill; full, overflowing; surplus ∼HSK 5
对劲 對勁 duì jìn suitable; to one's liking; to get along together ∼HSK 5
财势 財勢 cái shì wealth and influence ∼HSK 5
姻亲 姻親 yīn qīn relation by marriage; in-laws ∼HSK 5
大业 大業 dà yè great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
抵 抵 dǐ resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
碧 碧 bì jade green ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
衷 衷 zhōng inner feelings ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
谐 諧 xié harmonize, agree; joke, jest ∼HSK 5
莺 鶯 yīng oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various) ∼HSK 5
违 違 wéi disobey, violate, defy; be apart from ∼HSK 5
闺 閨 guī small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
戏言 戲言 xì yán joking matter; to go back on one's words ∼HSK 5
事已至此 事已至此 shì yǐ zhì cǐ as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 5
知府 知府 zhī fǔ prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) ∼HSK 5