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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毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
情境 情境 qíng jìng situation; context; setting; environment ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
艳 豔 yàn beautiful, sexy, voluptuous ∼HSK 5
大师兄 大師兄 dà shī xiōng eldest senior brother ∼HSK 5
吓跑 嚇跑 xià pǎo to scare away ∼HSK 5
显贵 顯貴 xiǎn guì dignitary; distinguished person; royalty; nobleman; big shot ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
炉 爐 lú furnace ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
奈 奈 nài but, how; bear, stand, endure ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
打滚 打滾 dǎ gǔn to roll about ∼HSK 5
哈拉子 哈拉子 hā lā zi (dialect) saliva; also written ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
星宿 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) ∼HSK 5
涕 涕 tì tear; snivel, nasal mucus ∼HSK 5
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
胚 肧 pēi embryo; unfinished things ∼HSK 5
宵 宵 xiāo night, evening, dark ∼HSK 5
囚 囚 qiú prisoner, convict; confine ∼HSK 5
绛 絳 Jiàng deep red; river in Shanxi provinc ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
频 頻 pín frequently, again and again ∼HSK 5
蛰 蟄 zhé to hibernate ∼HSK 5
裘 裘 Qiú fur garments; surname ∼HSK 5
增兵 增兵 zēng bīng to reinforce; to increase troop numbers; reinforcements; extra troops ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
武生 武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera ∼HSK 5
悠着 悠著 yōu zhe to take it easy ∼HSK 5
裉 裉 kèn seam in a garment ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
昆 崐 kūn elder brother; descendants ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
瑗 瑗 yuàn large ring of fine jade ∼HSK 5
实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation; the truth ∼HSK 5
栖 棲 qī perch; roost; stay ∼HSK 5
剁 剁 duò chop by pounding, mince, hash ∼HSK 5
做鬼 做鬼 zuò guǐ to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
大势 大勢 dà shì overall trend ∼HSK 5