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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文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北洋政府 北洋政府 Běi yáng zhèng fǔ the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
猴儿 猴兒 hóu'ér monkey (affectionate) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
项羽 項羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
十面埋伏 十面埋伏 Shí miàn Mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆腔 崑腔 Kūn qiāng Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣统 宣統 Xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华北 華北 Huá běi North China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆剧 崑劇 Kūn jù Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西门庆 西門慶 Xī mén Qìng Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" and "Water Margin" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观世音 觀世音 Guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中华民国 中華民國 Zhōng huá Mín guó Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日军 日軍 Rì jūn Japanese army; Japanese troops Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆曲 崑曲 Kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
牡丹亭 牡丹亭 Mǔ dan Tíng The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杀进 殺進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国民政府 國民政府 Guó mín Zhèng fǔ Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文革 文革 Wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中国共产党中央委员会 中國共產黨中央委員會 Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. to Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
抗日战争 抗日戰爭 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
姬 姬 Jī beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
大王 大王 dà wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
自各儿 自各兒 zì gě r variant of ∼HSK 4
玩艺儿 玩藝兒 wán yì r variant of ∼HSK 4
定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage; betrothal ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
而今 而今 ér jīn now; at the present (time) ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma ∼HSK 4
盖世 蓋世 gài shì unrivalled; matchless ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
反革命 反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary ∼HSK 4
自古 自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
力士 力士 lì shì strong man; sumo wrestler ∼HSK 4
开怀 開懷 kāi huái to one's heart's content; without restraint ∼HSK 4
春色 春色 chūn sè colors of spring; spring scenery ∼HSK 4
无产阶级 無產階級 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat ∼HSK 4
结成 結成 jié chéng to form; to forge (alliances etc) ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4