The Perfumed Arrow 1966
女秀才
Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her childhood days fond of dressing up as a boy, she becomes a village scholar sharing classes with Tu Zi Zheng (Chin Feng) and Wei Zhun Zhi (Ho Fan). When Fei E's innocent father is framed and sent to prison, she rushes to his rescue saving Jing Fu Quan (Kam Fie) who is in the hands of robbers along the way. Mistaking Fei E to be a noble hero, Fu Quan has no greater wish than to get married to her savior...
Vocabulary
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| 将门虎子 將門虎子 | lit. a tiger's cub from a general's house (idiom); fig. an able son of able parents; like father, like son | Idiom |
| 一飞冲天 一飛沖天 | lit. to soar straight up into the sky in one flight (idiom); fig. to rise to fame or success overnight; a meteoric rise | Idiom |
| 慌慌张张 慌慌張張 | flustered; in a panic; harried and confused (idiom) | Idiom |
| 日上三竿 日上三竿 | lit. the sun is three poles high (idiom); fig. late in the morning; to sleep in well past sunrise | Idiom |
| 瓜李之嫌 瓜李之嫌 | lit. the suspicion of the melon and the plum (idiom); fig. a situation that arouses suspicion; the appearance of wrongdoing | Idiom |
| 开怀畅饮 開懷暢飲 | to drink one's fill; to drink heartily and freely (idiom) | Idiom |
| 金风送爽 金風送爽 | lit. the golden autumn wind brings a refreshing coolness (idiom); fig. the pleasant arrival of autumn | Idiom |
| 有心有意 有心有意 | sincere and earnest; with genuine intent (idiom) | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 依依不舍 依依不捨 | reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave | Idiom |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 公道 公道 | justice; fairness; public highway | Xiehouyu |
| 正直 正直 | upright; upstanding; honest | Xiehouyu |
| 荒唐 荒唐 | beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 好坏 好壞 | good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 乔装 喬裝 | to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself | |
| 酣睡 酣睡 | to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep | |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 过奖 過獎 | to overpraise; to flatter | |
| 夺魁 奪魁 | to seize; to win | |
| 沏 沏 | to steep (tea) | |
| 珍重 珍重 | precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! | |
| 害臊 害臊 | to be bashful; to feel ashamed | |
| 见外 見外 | to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 殷勤 殷勤 | politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 立功 立功 | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself | |
| 筹措 籌措 | to raise (money) | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 由来 由來 | origin | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 谈起 談起 | to mention; to speak of; to talk about | |
| 喜事 喜事 | happy occasion; wedding | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 见义勇为 見義勇為 | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause | |
| 卖弄 賣弄 | to show off; to make a display of | |
| 受惊 受驚 | startled | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 利害 利害 | pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses | |
| 暂且 暫且 | for now; for the time being; temporarily | |
| 定为 定為 | set to | |
| 凭证 憑證 | proof; certificate; receipt; voucher | |
| 挟持 挾持 | to seize | |
| 催促 催促 | to urge |