Farewell My Concubine

Farewell My Concubine 1993

霸王别姬 bàwángbiéjī

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

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5.28 Advanced Director Chen Kaige 🍅 90%

Cast

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi Zhang Fengyi Zhang Fengyi Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou Gong Li Gong Li Juxian Lü Qi Lü Qi Master Guan Ying Da Ying Da Manager Ge You Ge You Master Yuan Shiqing Lei Han Lei Han Xiao Si Tong Di Tong Di Zhang the Eunuch Yin Zhi Yin Zhi Teenage Douzi Ma Mingwei Ma Mingwei Young Douzi

Vocabulary

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骓 騅 Zhuī piebald horse ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
娥 娥 é be beautiful; good; surname ∼HSK 5
尼姑 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
霸 覇 bà tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
逝 逝 shì pass away; die ∼HSK 5
姑奶奶 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister); (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter; (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here; (coll ∼HSK 5
横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo to sweep away; to sweep across ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
豌豆 豌豆 wān dòu pea (Pisum sativum) ∼HSK 5
大戏 大戲 dà xì large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc) ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
坤 坤 kūn earth; feminine, female ∼HSK 5
被告人 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) ∼HSK 5
劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
镪 鏹 qiāng coins, money, wealth ∼HSK 5
我辈 我輩 wǒ bèi (literary) we; us ∼HSK 5
奈何 奈何 nài hé to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance ∼HSK 5
喳 喳 chā whispering ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer; actor ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
失陪 失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
傍 傍 bàng by side of, beside, near, close ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
瞧见 瞧見 qiáo jiàn to see ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
讹 訛 é swindle, cheat; erroneous, wrong ∼HSK 5
旁人 旁人 páng rén other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders ∼HSK 5
营生 營生 yíng shēng to earn a living ∼HSK 5
戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater ∼HSK 5
寇 㓂 kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5
酋 酋 qiú chief of tribe, chieftain ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
嗓 嗓 sǎng voice; throat ∼HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
愤 憤 fèn resent, hate; indignant ∼HSK 5