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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条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy); banner ∼HSK 5
侍 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
洒狗血 灑狗血 sǎ gǒu xiě to overreact; melodramatic ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
恭 恭 gōng respectful, polite, reverent ∼HSK 5
尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life; the mundane world ∼HSK 5
秽 穢 huì dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
觅 覓 mì seek; search ∼HSK 5
酬 詶 chóu toast; reward, recompense ∼HSK 5
红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs ∼HSK 5
啼 啼 tí weep, whimper; howl, twitter ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
啐 啐 cuì to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping; to surprise ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
盅 盅 zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
寿衣 壽衣 shòu yī burial clothes ∼HSK 5
差池 差池 chā chí mistake; error; mishap ∼HSK 5
私房 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house; private rooms; private ownings ∼HSK 5
闲心 閑心 xián xīn leisurely mood; relaxed frame of mind ∼HSK 5
纤 纖 qiàn fine, delicate; minute; graceful ∼HSK 5
苔 苔 tāi moss, lichen ∼HSK 5
立马 立馬 lì mǎ at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly ∼HSK 5
不忍心 不忍心 bù rěn xīn can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
伸直 伸直 shēn zhí to straighten; to stretch out ∼HSK 5
禁军 禁軍 jìn jūn imperial guard ∼HSK 5
字据 字據 zì jù written pledge; contract; IOU ∼HSK 5
兵营 兵營 bīng yíng military camp; barracks ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill; to shoot dead ∼HSK 5
落入 落入 luò rù to fall into ∼HSK 5
出庭 出庭 chū tíng to appear in court ∼HSK 5
昧 昧 mèi obscure, dark; darken ∼HSK 5
铐 銬 kào shackles, manacles ∼HSK 5
脖梗子 脖梗子 bó gěng zi variant of ∼HSK 5
声言 聲言 shēng yán to state; to declare; pronouncement; declaration ∼HSK 5
谬 謬 miù error, exaggeration; erroneous ∼HSK 5
何以 何以 hé yǐ (literary) why; how ∼HSK 5
糟践 糟踐 zāo jian to waste; to spoil; to destroy; to insult grievously ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
述 述 shù narrate, state, express ∼HSK 5
休庭 休庭 xiū tíng to adjourn (law) ∼HSK 5