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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精神 精神 jīng shén spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist HSK 3
指 指 zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
总是 總是 zǒng shì always HSK 3
个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
下来 下來 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
小题大做 小題大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
云南 雲南 Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
点灯 點燈 diǎn dēng to light a lamp ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
洗头 洗頭 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair; to have a shampoo ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
伊 伊 Yī third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
长明灯 長明燈 cháng míng dēng altar lamp burning day and night ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2