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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勾 勾 gòu used in 勾当 HSK 7
壮 壯 Zhuàng Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group HSK 7
平民 平民 píng mín ordinary people; commoner; civilian HSK 7
陈述 陳述 chén shù an assertion; to declare; to state HSK 7
投降 投降 tóu xiáng to surrender; surrender HSK 7
撕 撕 sī to tear HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
警惕 警惕 jǐng tì to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn HSK 7
奔 奔 bēn to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope HSK 7
疯子 瘋子 fēng zi madman; lunatic HSK 7
心思 心思 xīn si mind; thoughts; inclination; mood HSK 7
凤凰 鳳凰 Fèng huáng Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
尊严 尊嚴 zūn yán dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty HSK 7
凡 凡 fán ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale HSK 7
谱 譜 pǔ chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7
废 廢 fèi to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste HSK 7
指望 指望 zhǐ wàng to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope HSK 7
呵 呵 hē expel breath; my goodness HSK 7
略 略 lu:è brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) HSK 7
流氓 流氓 liú máng rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior HSK 7
人格 人格 rén gé personality; integrity; dignity HSK 7
晃 㨪 huǎng to dazzle; to flash past HSK 7
功 功 gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
当晚 當晚 dāng wǎn on that evening HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
抹 抹 mǒ to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc HSK 7
催 催 cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7