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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明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
妓女 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
汉奸 漢奸 hàn jiān traitor (to China) ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
这么着 這麼著 zhè me zhe thus; in this way; like this ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
婊子 婊子 biǎo zi prostitute; whore ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
不分 不分 bù fēn not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
太后 太后 tài hòu Empress Dowager ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
回见 回見 huí jiàn See you later! ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
打小 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood; from a young age ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
要饭 要飯 yào fàn to beg (for food or money) ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
对日 對日 duì Rì (policy etc) towards Japan ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
差点没 差點沒 chà diǎn méi almost; nearly; (i.e. same as) ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1