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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为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
响当当 響噹噹 xiǎng dāng dāng resounding; loud; well known; famous Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
不对头 不對頭 bù duì tóu fishy; not right; amiss Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
名家 名家 Míng jiā School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
白云 白雲 Bái yún Baiyun District of Guiyang City, Guizhou; Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
了不得 了不得 liǎo bu de terrific; terrible; (after) very ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
成全 成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
平平 平平 píng píng average; mediocre ∼HSK 2
科班 科班 kē bān (old) school for Chinese opera; formal professional education or training ∼HSK 2
份子 份子 fèn zǐ Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
近道 近道 jìn dào shortcut; a quicker method ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
轻省 輕省 qīng sheng relaxed; easy ∼HSK 2
份儿 份兒 fèn r degree; extent; allotted share ∼HSK 2
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic) ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
短见 短見 duǎn jiàn short-sighted; suicide ∼HSK 2
开灯 開燈 kāi dēng to turn on the light ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2