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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快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
门人 門人 mén rén disciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home) ∼HSK 1
一字不差 一字不差 yī zì - bù chà (idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc); to get flooded; inflow of water ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
老天 老天 lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
大风 大風 dà fēng gale ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
年下 年下 nián xià lunar new year ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
不由 不由 bù yóu can't help (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
说不过去 說不過去 shuō bu guò qù cannot be justified; inexcusable ∼HSK 1
打中 打中 dǎ zhòng to hit (a target) ∼HSK 1
国人 國人 guó rén compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen ∼HSK 1
老本 老本 lǎo běn capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk ∼HSK 1
一二 一二 yī èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
白花花 白花花 bái huā huā shining white ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
小半 小半 xiǎo bàn a portion smaller than a half; the lesser part; the smaller part ∼HSK 1
老少 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
哪儿跟哪儿 哪兒跟哪兒 nǎ r gēn nǎ r what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection? ∼HSK 1
前人 前人 qián rén predecessor; forebears; the person facing you ∼HSK 1
翎子 翎子 líng zi peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional); pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) ∼HSK 1
欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
起小 起小 qǐ xiǎo since childhood ∼HSK 1
坐好 坐好 zuò hǎo to sit properly; to sit up straight ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
送医 送醫 sòng yī to send or deliver to the hospital ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
二话 二話 èr huà objection; differing opinion ∼HSK 1
打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
说到 說到 shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for ∼HSK 1
找着 找著 zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
走你 走你 zǒu nǐ (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! ∼HSK 1
手铐 手銬 shǒu kào manacles; handcuffs ∼HSK 1
我国 我國 wǒ guó my country; our country ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
跟包 跟包 gēn bāo to work as footman; to do odd jobs; to understudy (an opera actor) ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1