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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呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
四面楚歌 四面楚歌 sì miàn Chǔ gē lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help Idiom ∼HSK 3
死路一条 死路一條 sǐ lù yī tiáo (idiom) dead end; road to ruin Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
楚汉相争 楚漢相爭 Chǔ Hàn Xiāng zhēng Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang of Han and Xiang Yu of Chu Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
自打 自打 zì dǎ (coll.) since Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
往死里 往死裡 wǎng sǐ lǐ (coll.) (to beat etc) to death Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
楚国 楚國 Chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
潘金莲 潘金蓮 Pān Jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝天 朝天 Cháo tiān Chaotian district of Guangyuan city, Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
天朝 天朝 Tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城外 城外 chéng wài outside of a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
阳关道 陽關道 Yáng guān Dào same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
成龙 成龍 Chéng Lóng Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
程 程 Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male ∼HSK 3
境 境 jìng boundary, frontier; area, region ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
世道 世道 shì dào the ways of the world; the morals of the time ∼HSK 3
包银 包銀 bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) ∼HSK 3
大烟 大煙 dà yān opium ∼HSK 3
受累 受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account) ∼HSK 3
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc ∼HSK 3
菜刀 菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
无道 無道 wú dào tyrannical; brutal (regime) ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3