Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern 1991

大红灯笼高高挂 dà hóng dēnglóng gāogāo guà

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

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4.0 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 97%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Songlian He Saifei He Saifei Meishan Cao Cuifen Cao Cuifen Zhuoyun Kong Lin Kong Lin Yan'er Zhao Qi Housekeeper Jin Shuyuan Jin Shuyuan Yuru Ma Jingwu Ma Jingwu Chen Zuoqian Cui Zhigang Cui Zhigang Doctor Gao Chu Xiao Feipu Cao Zengyin Cao Zengyin Old Servant

Vocabulary

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慌慌张张 慌慌張張 huāng huāng zhāng zhāng 慌: nervous, panicky, frantic · 慌: nervous, panicky, frantic · 张: stretch, extend, expand; sheet · 张: stretch, extend, expand; sheet Idiom ∼HSK 7
月落乌啼 月落烏啼 yuè luò wū tí 月: moon; month; KangXi radical 74 · 落: fall, drop; net income, surplus · 乌: crow, rook, raven; black, dark · 啼: weep, whimper; howl, twitter Idiom ∼HSK 7
胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
免不了 免不了 miǎn bù liǎo unavoidable; can't be avoided Xiehouyu HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore 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
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
改日 改日 gǎi rì another day; some other day HSK 7
稍候 稍候 shāo hòu to wait a moment HSK 7
出丑 出醜 chū chǒu shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
勤快 勤快 qín kuài diligent; hardworking HSK 7
继母 繼母 jì mǔ stepmother HSK 7
笛子 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
打搅 打攪 dǎ jiǎo to disturb; to trouble; to bother HSK 7
存心 存心 cún xīn deliberately HSK 7
暗地里 暗地裡 àn dì li secretly; inwardly; on the sly HSK 7
莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed HSK 7
马虎 馬虎 mǎ hu careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
高龄 高齡 gāo líng elderly HSK 7
巫婆 巫婆 wū pó witch; sorceress; female shaman HSK 7
舒畅 舒暢 shū chàng happy; entirely free from worry HSK 7
遗物 遺物 yí wù remnant HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
遛 遛 liù to stroll; to walk (an animal) HSK 7
灯笼 燈籠 dēng lóng lantern HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
捶 捶 chuí to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
偷看 偷看 tōu kàn to peep; to peek; to steal a glance HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
反倒 反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary; but expectedly HSK 7
能耐 能耐 néng nài ability; capability HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
算计 算計 suàn ji to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
麻将 麻將 má jiàng mahjong HSK 7
高低 高低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end HSK 7