Farewell My Concubine 1993
霸王别姬
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 提高 提高 | to raise; to increase; to improve | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 层 層 | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley |