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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| 采花 採花 | to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women | |
| 仗义 仗義 | to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by | |
| 佳人 佳人 | beautiful woman | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 搀扶 攙扶 | to lend an arm to support sb | |
| 迟延 遲延 | to delay | |
| 伶仃 伶仃 | alone and helpless | |
| 背负 背負 | to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder | |
| 有何面目 有何面目 | with what face (can one face others)? (idiom); how can one show one's face for shame? | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 守望 守望 | to keep watch | |
| 不欺暗室 不欺暗室 | lit. not to deceive even in a dark room (idiom); to remain honest and upright even when unobserved | |
| 文弱书生 文弱書生 | (idiom) frail scholar | |
| 家祖 家祖 | (polite) my paternal grandfather | |
| 不俗 不俗 | impressive; out of the ordinary | |
| 怪罪 怪罪 | to blame | |
| 人逢喜事精神爽 人逢喜事精神爽 | joyous occasions lift one's spirits (idiom); good news makes a person feel refreshed and energized | |
| 何故 何故 | what for?; what's the reason? | |
| 聘礼 聘禮 | betrothal gift | |
| 囹圄 囹圄 | (literary) prison | |
| 情义 情義 | affection; comradeship | |
| 家公 家公 | head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father | |
| 沾唇 沾唇 | to moisten one's lips; to sip (wine, tea etc); esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff | |
| 异地相逢 異地相逢 | to meet by chance in a foreign place (idiom); an unexpected encounter far from home | |
| 老大娘 老大娘 | old lady; Madam (polite address) | |
| 青丝 青絲 | fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) | |
| 蓬松 蓬鬆 | fluffy | |
| 指尖 指尖 | fingertips | |
| 尖细 尖細 | (of an object) tapered; (of a voice) high-pitched | |
| 娇态 嬌態 | charming attitude; lascivious pose | |
| 同房 同房 | (of a married couple) to have intercourse; (literary) to share the same room; of the same family branch | |
| 避嫌 避嫌 | to avoid arousing suspicion | |
| 痴痴 痴痴 | foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze | |
| 苦衷 苦衷 | secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties | |
| 良人 良人 | husband (arch.) | |
| 何物 何物 | what thing | |
| 嫁娶 嫁娶 | marriage | |
| 糊涂账 糊塗賬 | muddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping | |
| 恼怒 惱怒 | resentful; angry; to enrage sb | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 令郎 令郎 | your esteemed son (honorific) | |
| 败德 敗德 | evil conduct | |
| 欺人 欺人 | bully others | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 赖婚 賴婚 | to go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement | |
| 聪明一世 聰明一世 | clever all one's life (idiom); usually as 聪明一世,糊涂一时: even the wise err once | |
| 彩衣娱亲 綵衣娛親 | to amuse one's parents by wearing colorful clothes (idiom); to be a devoted child (ref. Lao Laizi) | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise |