The Perfumed Arrow

The Perfumed Arrow 1966

女秀才 nǚ xiùcai

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...

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这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom ∼HSK 6
须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) ∼HSK 6
枉然 枉然 wǎng rán in vain; to no avail ∼HSK 6
男大当婚 男大當婚 nán dà dāng hūn a grown man should take a wife (idiom); usu. paired with 女大当嫁 ∼HSK 6
女大当嫁 女大當嫁 nǚ dà dāng jià a grown woman should marry (idiom); usu. paired with 男大当婚 ∼HSK 6
刁蛮 刁蠻 diāo mán crafty and unruly ∼HSK 6
重文轻武 重文輕武 zhòng wén qīng wǔ to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military; to prefer the pen to the sword ∼HSK 6
殿试 殿試 diàn shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam ∼HSK 6
败露 敗露 bài lù (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed ∼HSK 6
山贼 山賊 shān zéi brigand ∼HSK 6
作乱 作亂 zuò luàn to rebel; to rise in revolt ∼HSK 6
疆土 疆土 jiāng tǔ territory ∼HSK 6
上苍 上蒼 shàng cāng heaven ∼HSK 6
沉吟 沉吟 chén yín to mutter to oneself irresolutely ∼HSK 6
卜卦 卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams ∼HSK 6
俊雅 俊雅 jùn yǎ (literary) elegant; graceful; refined ∼HSK 6
岂能 豈能 qǐ néng how could ...?; how can it be that ...? (rhetorical) ∼HSK 6
良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner ∼HSK 6
心神不定 心神不定 xīn shén bù dìng restless and uneasy in mind (idiom); agitated, unable to settle ∼HSK 6
捉摸 捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp ∼HSK 6
俯身 俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow ∼HSK 6
丝带 絲帶 sī dài ribbon ∼HSK 6
拘礼 拘禮 jū lǐ to stand on ceremony; punctilious ∼HSK 6
不拘 不拘 bù jū not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever ∼HSK 6
清雅 清雅 qīng yǎ refined; elegant ∼HSK 6
惯家 慣家 guàn jia (usually derog.) an old hand at sth ∼HSK 6
家母 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother ∼HSK 6
公差 公差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error); common difference (of an arithmetic series) ∼HSK 6
克扣 剋扣 kè kòu to dock; to deduct; to embezzle ∼HSK 6
奉命 奉命 fèng mìng by order ∼HSK 6
不苟 不苟 bù gǒu not lax; not casual; careful; conscientious ∼HSK 6
清正 清正 qīng zhèng upright and honorable ∼HSK 6
惆怅 惆悵 chóu chàng melancholy; depression ∼HSK 6
依依 依依 yī yī reluctant to part; (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind ∼HSK 6
佳音 佳音 jiā yīn good news ∼HSK 6
含冤 含冤 hán yuān wronged; to suffer false accusations ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
洗冤 洗冤 xǐ yuān to right a wrong; to redress an injustice ∼HSK 6
共情 共情 gòng qíng empathy ∼HSK 6
何须 何須 hé xū there is no need; why should ∼HSK 6
捷报 捷報 jié bào report of success; report of a victory ∼HSK 6
冤狱 冤獄 yuān yù unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up ∼HSK 6
善言 善言 shàn yán good words ∼HSK 6
候命 候命 hòu mìng to await orders; to be on call ∼HSK 6
逗留 逗留 dòu liú to stay for a while; to sojourn ∼HSK 6
崎岖 崎嶇 qí qū rugged; craggy ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
采花贼 採花賊 cǎi huā zéi rapist ∼HSK 6