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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盖世英雄 蓋世英雄 gài shì yīng xióng 盖: cover, hide, protect · 世: generation; world; era · 英: petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English · 雄: male of species; hero; manly Idiom ∼HSK 7
断井颓垣 斷井頹垣 duàn jǐng tuí yuán 断: sever, cut off; interrupt · 井: well, mine shaft, pit · 颓: ruined, decayed; disintegrate · 垣: low wall Idiom ∼HSK 7
天下无敌 天下無敵 tiān xià wú dí 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 敌: enemy, foe, rival; resist Idiom ∼HSK 7
祸从天降 禍從天降 huò cóng tiān jiàng 祸: misfortune, calamity, disaster · 从: from, by, since, whence, through · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 降: descend, fall, drop; lower, down Idiom ∼HSK 7
跑龙套 跑龍套 pǎo lóng tào to play a small role Idiom HSK 7
大街小巷 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city Idiom HSK 7
没辙 沒轍 méi zhé at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out Xiehouyu HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
黑手 黑手 hēi shǒu (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic; blue-collar worker; manual laborer Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history) HSK 7
改日 改日 gǎi rì another day; some other day HSK 7
综上所述 綜上所述 zōng shàng suǒ shù to summarize; to sum up HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
汪洋 汪洋 wāng yáng vast body of water HSK 7
瞻仰 瞻仰 zhān yǎng to revere; to admire HSK 7
顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de unable to change sth; unable to deal with HSK 7
久仰 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. HSK 7
驮 馱 duò load carried by a pack animal HSK 7
敢情 敢情 gǎn qing actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course HSK 7
投奔 投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter; to seek asylum HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
敬酒 敬酒 jìng jiǔ to toast; to propose a toast HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
周折 周折 zhōu zhé twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
用功 用功 yòng gōng diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort HSK 7
标致 標致 biāo zhi beautiful (of woman); pretty HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
叫好 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud; to cheer HSK 7
渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin; source; relationship HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
界线 界線 jiè xiàn limits; bounds; dividing line HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7