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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似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
乌鸦 烏鴉 wū yā crow; raven ∼HSK 5
陌路 陌路 mò lù (literary) stranger ∼HSK 5
怨尤 怨尤 yuàn yóu resentment ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
鸾 鸞 luán fabulous bird ∼HSK 5
俦 儔 chóu companion, mate, colleague ∼HSK 5
长兄 長兄 zhǎng xiōng eldest brother ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
事不宜迟 事不宜遲 shì bù yí chí the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose ∼HSK 5
措词 措詞 cuò cí wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
妇道人家 婦道人家 fù dao rén jia woman (derog.) ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
增光 增光 zēng guāng to add luster; to add glory ∼HSK 5
烈女 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
人赃俱获 人贓俱獲 rén zāng jù huò (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods; to be caught red-handed ∼HSK 5
开锁 開鎖 kāi suǒ to unlock ∼HSK 5
镣 鐐 liào fetters ∼HSK 5
速 速 sù fast ∼HSK 5
媳 媳 xí daughter-in-law ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
遣 遣 qiǎn send, dispatch; send off, exile ∼HSK 5
荔 茘 lì lichee ∼HSK 5
青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky; fig. high official position; noble ∼HSK 5
异地 異地 yì dì different place; abroad ∼HSK 5
贫 貧 pín poor, impoverished, needy ∼HSK 5
馁 餒 něi hungry, starving, famished ∼HSK 5
煨 煨 wēi to stew, simmer ∼HSK 5
簿 簿 bù register, account book, notebook ∼HSK 5
虎口 虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
僻 僻 pì out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox ∼HSK 5
悲 悲 bēi sorrow, grief; sorry, sad ∼HSK 5
车载 車載 chē zài carried within a vehicle; onboard ∼HSK 5
盟 盟 méng swear; oath, covenant, alliance ∼HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5
不免 不免 bù miǎn inevitably HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
赠 贈 zèng to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
不停 不停 bù tíng incessant HSK 5
递 遞 dì to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order HSK 5
必需 必需 bì xū to need; to require; essential; indispensable HSK 5