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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爷们儿 爺們兒 yé men r erhua variant of ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
管得着 管得著 guǎn de zháo to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business ∼HSK 3
救出 救出 jiù chū to rescue; to pluck from danger ∼HSK 3
台下 臺下 tái xià off the stage; in the audience ∼HSK 3
追回 追回 zhuī huí to recover (sth lost or stolen); to get back ∼HSK 3
破题 破題 pò tí writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset; opposite of ∼HSK 3
糕 糕 gāo cakes, pastry ∼HSK 3
受用 受用 shòu yòng to enjoy; to reap the benefits (of sth) ∼HSK 3
皮实 皮實 pí shi (of things) durable; (of people) sturdy; tough ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
万般 萬般 wàn bān every kind; manifold; extremely ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
一世 一世 yī shì generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) ∼HSK 3
委 委 Wěi appoint, send, commission ∼HSK 3
直裰 直裰 zhí duō everyday robe worn at home in ancient times; robe worn by priests, monks and scholars ∼HSK 3
管保 管保 guǎn bǎo to guarantee; assuredly ∼HSK 3
火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger; internal heat (TCM) ∼HSK 3
驴年马月 驢年馬月 lǘ nián mǎ yuè long time off; time that will never come ∼HSK 3
同在 同在 tóng zài to be with ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
千金 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter ∼HSK 3
转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) ∼HSK 3
巧了 巧了 qiǎo le what a coincidence! ∼HSK 3
乐子 樂子 lè zi fun; pleasure; laughing matter ∼HSK 3
人世 人世 rén shì the world; this world; the world of the living ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
证婚人 證婚人 zhèng hūn rén wedding witness ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
两者 兩者 liǎng zhě both of them; the two of them ∼HSK 3
旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation); former territory ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
音 音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
露出 露出 lù chū to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] ∼HSK 3
连日 連日 lián rì day after day; for several days running ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
保不住 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well ∼HSK 3
乱子 亂子 luàn zi disturbance; trouble ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
指使 指使 zhǐ shǐ to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
属实 屬實 shǔ shí to turn out to be true; verified; true ∼HSK 3
交保 交保 jiāo bǎo to post bail; bail ∼HSK 3
欢实 歡實 huān shi lively; full of vigor; vibrant; spirited ∼HSK 3
老地方 老地方 lǎo dì fāng same place as before; usual place; stomping ground ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3