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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令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
换行 換行 huàn háng to wrap (text); line feed (computing) ∼HSK 2
二黄 二黃 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written; see also ∼HSK 2
两句 兩句 liǎng jù (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
小腿 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle); shank ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
妓院 妓院 jì yuàn brothel; whorehouse ∼HSK 2
黑帮 黑幫 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 2
头子 頭子 tóu zi boss; gang leader ∼HSK 2
生来 生來 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature ∼HSK 2
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold; pleasantly cool HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if ∼HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice; (speak) in whispers HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
平常 平常 píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
阴 陰 yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
少年 少年 shào nián early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
平安 平安 píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
有意思 有意思 yǒu yì si interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun HSK 2
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
主人 主人 zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
角 角 jiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
举 舉 jǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
练 練 liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
合适 合適 hé shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
喊 喊 hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2