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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斗 斗 dòu to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
偷工减料 偷工減料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work Idiom ∼HSK 6
生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
名扬四海 名揚四海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom); famous Idiom ∼HSK 6
风华绝代 風華絕代 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂堂正正 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square Idiom ∼HSK 6
踏破铁鞋 踏破鐵鞋 tà pò tiě xié lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom); fig. to search high and low Idiom ∼HSK 6
良辰美景 良辰美景 liáng chén měi jǐng fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼狈为奸 狼狽為奸 láng bèi wéi jiān villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends) Idiom ∼HSK 6
铁证如山 鐵證如山 tiě zhèng rú shān irrefutable evidence Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪恶滔天 罪惡滔天 zuì è - tāo tiān (idiom) to have committed heinous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
才子佳人 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); fig. pair of ideal lovers Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom); cruel and unscrupulous Idiom ∼HSK 6
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
霸王 霸王 bà wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
师哥 師哥 shī gē older martial brother ∼HSK 6
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
赐予 賜予 cì yǔ to grant; to bestow ∼HSK 6
疯魔 瘋魔 fēng mó mad; insane; to be fascinated; to fascinate ∼HSK 6
下三滥 下三濫 xià sān làn riffraff; scum; lowlife; despicable; inferior ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6