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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| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 今儿个 今兒個 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 子儿 子兒 | (coll.) penny; buck | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 昨儿 昨兒 | (coll.) yesterday | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 大个儿 大個兒 | (coll.) tall person | Colloquialism |
| 走人 走人 | (coll.) to leave; to beat it | Colloquialism |
| 大拿 大拿 | (coll.) man in power; boss; authority; expert | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 共产党 共產黨 | Communist Party | Proper Noun |
| 四人帮 四人幫 | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | Proper Noun |
| 垓下 垓下 | ancient place name, in Anhui province | Proper Noun |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 男儿 男兒 | a (real) man; boy; son | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 怎么着 怎麼著 | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 妃子 妃子 | imperial concubine | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 二八 二八 | 16; sixteen | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear |