Farewell My Concubine 1993
霸王别姬
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 狂 狂 | mad; wild; violent | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 回忆 回憶 | to recall; memories | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 中央 中央 | central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 霸王别姬 霸王別姬 | The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang); Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige) | Idiom |
| 从一而终 從一而終 | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | Idiom |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 兵临城下 兵臨城下 | soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture | Idiom |
| 冰糖葫芦 冰糖葫蘆 | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu | Xiehouyu |
| 避重就轻 避重就輕 | to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones | Xiehouyu |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 京戏 京戲 | Beijing opera | Proper Noun |
| 刘邦 劉邦 | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 青木 青木 | Aoki (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 老佛爷 老佛爺 | title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi | Proper Noun |
| 林冲 林沖 | Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin | Proper Noun |
| 林黛玉 林黛玉 | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 | Proper Noun |
| 解放区 解放區 | Liberation city district; Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city, Henan | Proper Noun |