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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死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
具结 具結 jù jié to bind over (as surety); to sign an undertaking ∼HSK 4
稿 稾 gǎo draft, manuscript, rough copy ∼HSK 4
擦亮眼睛 擦亮眼睛 cā liàng yǎn jīng to keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed ∼HSK 4
反共 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
玩艺 玩藝 wán yì variant of ∼HSK 4
比方说 比方說 bǐ fang shuō for example; for instance ∼HSK 4
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back; to answer back ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
掂量 掂量 diān liang to weigh in the hand; to consider; to weigh up; Taiwan pr. [dian1liang2] ∼HSK 4
新阶段 新階段 xīn jiē duàn new level; higher plane ∼HSK 4
无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
地主 地主 dì zhǔ landlord; landowner; host ∼HSK 4
学问 學問 xué wèn learning; knowledge HSK 4
虫子 蟲子 chóng zi insect; bug; worm HSK 4
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4
议论 議論 yì lùn to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion HSK 4
相片 相片 xiàng piàn image; photograph HSK 4
痛快 痛快 tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4
大爷 大爺 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
常识 常識 cháng shí common sense; general knowledge HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
专心 專心 zhuān xīn to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) HSK 4
英勇 英勇 yīng yǒng heroic; gallant; valiant HSK 4
梦见 夢見 mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream HSK 4
伞 傘 sǎn umbrella; parasol HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
泪 淚 lèi tears HSK 4
没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
浅 淺 jiān sound of moving water HSK 4
招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4
江 江 jiāng river HSK 4
尺 尺 chě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 HSK 4
青春 青春 qīng chūn youth; youthfulness HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
大陆 大陸 Dà lù mainland China (reference to the PRC) HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
细 細 xì thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
战胜 戰勝 zhàn shèng to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount HSK 4
隔 隔 gé to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of HSK 4
夫妻 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
折 折 zhé to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book HSK 4
义务 義務 yì wù duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc) HSK 4
腰 腰 yāo waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins HSK 4
稳 穩 wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4