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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司令官 司令官 sī lìng guān commander; officer in charge ∼HSK 5
立正 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
焚 焚 fén burn ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless; noiselessly; silent ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
赔不是 賠不是 péi bú shi to apologize ∼HSK 5
广播电台 廣播電台 guǎng bō diàn tái radio station ∼HSK 5
触及 觸及 chù jí to touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic) ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
痴 痴 chī foolish, stupid, dumb, silly ∼HSK 5
田地 田地 tián dì field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent ∼HSK 5
淫妇 淫婦 yín fù loose woman; prostitute; Jezebel ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
剪子 剪子 jiǎn zi clippers; scissors; shears HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
胡同 胡同 hú tòng lane; alley HSK 5
晴朗 晴朗 qíng lǎng sunny and cloudless HSK 5
大伙儿 大伙兒 dà huǒ r erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone HSK 5
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
梨 梨 lí pear HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
罚款 罰款 fá kuǎn to fine; penalty; fine (monetary) HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
言语 言語 yán yǔ words; speech; (spoken) language HSK 5
怨 怨 yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5
洒 灑 sǎ to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed HSK 5
盆 盆 pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
模样 模樣 mú yàng look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] HSK 5
举动 舉動 jǔ dòng act; action; activity; move; movement HSK 5
戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama; a play; theater; script of a play HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
当前 當前 dāng qián the present time; to be faced with HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
献 獻 xiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) HSK 5
劳动 勞動 láo dòng work; toil; physical labor HSK 5
大胆 大膽 dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
暂停 暫停 zàn tíng to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player) HSK 5