It's All in the Family

It's All in the Family 1975

àixīn qiānwàn

Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.

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kǒu tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone HSK 7
yáo yuǎn distant; remote HSK 7
kuáng huān party; carousal; hilarity; merriment; whoopee; to carouse HSK 7
jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight HSK 7
yǒng héng eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) HSK 7
guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
měi miào beautiful; wonderful; splendid HSK 7
mēn stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly HSK 7
bàng scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) HSK 7
cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
āi interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
xiàn to envy; to admire HSK 7
shí huà truth HSK 7
miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
便 便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
lǎo old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated Idiom ∼HSK 6
li confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
fèi jìn xīn to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom); to beat one's brains out Idiom ∼HSK 6
qīng (mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit; (fig.) uniformly; each and every one Idiom ∼HSK 6
xīn huā fàng to burst with joy (idiom); to be over the moon; to be elated Idiom ∼HSK 6
rén tiān xiàng Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
rén yǒu zhì everyone has their own aspirations (idiom); each to his own; people differ in their goals Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
nào to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative Xiehouyu HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
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
sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
gāng bathtub ∼HSK 6
dīng níng to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently ∼HSK 6
huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc ∼HSK 6
qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments ∼HSK 6
niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
jīn xiāo tonight (literary) ∼HSK 6
bèi lěi flower bud; young flower still tightly rolled up ∼HSK 6
guāng liu smooth; slippery ∼HSK 6