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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| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 收取 收取 | to receive; to collect | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 再生 再生 | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 一贯 一貫 | consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 驻 駐 | to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 出场 出場 | (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 大街 大街 | street; main street | |
| 被告 被告 | defendant | |
| 猛 猛 | ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome | |
| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 趟 䠀 | to wade; to trample; to turn the soil | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 法庭 法庭 | court of law |