Ju Dou

Ju Dou 1990

菊豆 jú dòu

Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

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4.01 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 100%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Ju Dou Li Wei Li Wei Yang Jinshan Li Baotian Li Baotian Yang Tianqing Niu Xingli Niu Xingli Patriarch of the Yang Clan Jia Zhaoji Jia Zhaoji Er Laizi Zhang Yi Young Tianbai Ji-an Zheng Teenage Tianbai Ma Chong Cong Zhijun Cong Zhijun Jia Jin

Vocabulary

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呸 呸 pēi bah! (contempt) ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
鬼话 鬼話 guǐ huà lie; false words; nonsense ∼HSK 5
妇道人家 婦道人家 fù dao rén jia woman (derog.) ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
妇 婦 fù married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 5
殡 殯 bìn encoffin; embalm; funeral ∼HSK 5
杀生 殺生 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature ∼HSK 5
杀气 殺氣 shā qì murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger ∼HSK 5
逼死 逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death ∼HSK 5
狐狸 狐狸 hú li fox; fig. sly and treacherous person ∼HSK 5
毛笔 毛筆 máo bǐ writing brush HSK 5
池子 池子 chí zi pond; bathhouse pool; dance floor of a ballroom; (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
铃 鈴 líng (small) bell HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
染 染 rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
迟 遲 chí late; delayed; slow HSK 5
匹 匹 pī mate; one of a pair HSK 5
买卖 買賣 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
耳朵 耳朵 ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
邻居 鄰居 lín jū neighbor; next door HSK 5
挡 擋 dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) HSK 5
青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
骂 罵 mà to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
瘦 瘦 shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
咬 咬 yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
扔 扔 rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
醉 醉 zuì intoxicated HSK 5
烂 爛 làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
价 價 jià price; value; (chemistry) valence HSK 5
洞 洞 dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
撞 撞 zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
吓 嚇 hè to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5