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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迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
逐 逐 zhú chase, expel; one by one ∼HSK 5
鬓 鬢 bìn hair on temples ∼HSK 5
愧 媿 kuì ashamed, conscience-stricken ∼HSK 5
薄礼 薄禮 bó lǐ my meager gift (humble) ∼HSK 5
谦 謙 qiān humble, modest ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
悭 慳 qiān miserly, parsimonious, stingy ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
田地 田地 tián dì field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent ∼HSK 5
豪 豪 háo brave, heroic, chivalrous ∼HSK 5
武举 武舉 wǔ jǔ successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination ∼HSK 5
衣冠楚楚 衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper ∼HSK 5
府第 府第 fǔ dì mansion house; official residence ∼HSK 5
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
可亲 可親 kě qīn kindly; nice; amiable ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
犹 猶 yóu like, similar to, just like, as ∼HSK 5
豫 豫 Yù relaxed, comfortable, at ease ∼HSK 5
阻 阻 zǔ impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose ∼HSK 5
屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves; roof (i.e. home) ∼HSK 5
归途 歸途 guī tú the way back; one's journey home ∼HSK 5
回礼 回禮 huí lǐ to return a greeting; to send a gift in return ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
牵连 牽連 qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
故我 故我 gù wǒ one's old self; one's original self; what one has always been ∼HSK 5
匠 匠 jiàng craftsman, artisan; workman ∼HSK 5
认罪 認罪 rèn zuì to admit guilt; to plead guilty ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
遥 遙 yáo far away, distant, remote ∼HSK 5
童 童 Tóng boy, child ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
乘机 乘機 chéng jī to take the opportunity; to take a plane ∼HSK 5
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister) ∼HSK 5
惊恐 驚恐 jīng kǒng to be alarmed; to be frightened ∼HSK 5
家姑 家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters ∼HSK 5
崔 崔 Cuī high, lofty, towering; surname ∼HSK 5
厢 廂 xiāng side-room, wing; theatre box ∼HSK 5
侍 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
剖 剖 pōu split in two, slice; dissect ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
谨守 謹守 jǐn shǒu to adhere strictly (to the rules) ∼HSK 5
袖 袖 xiù sleeve; put something in sleeve ∼HSK 5
霄 霄 xiāo sky; clouds, mist; night ∼HSK 5