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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更衣 更衣 gēng yī to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism) ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
好生 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
大半夜 大半夜 dà bàn yè the middle of the night ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
天啊 天啊 tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
唱段 唱段 chàng duàn aria (in opera) ∼HSK 2
上传 上傳 shàng chuán to upload ∼HSK 2
大院 大院 dà yuàn courtyard; compound ∼HSK 2
闻到 聞到 wén dào to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
弄到 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
生孩子 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
掉下 掉下 diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth ∼HSK 2
可看 可看 kě kàn worth seeing ∼HSK 2
花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
夜半 夜半 yè bàn midnight ∼HSK 2
客船 客船 kè chuán passenger ship ∼HSK 2
哭哭啼啼 哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí to weep endlessly; interminable wailing ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
成真 成真 chéng zhēn to come true ∼HSK 2
做生日 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
点亮 點亮 diǎn liàng to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) ∼HSK 2
没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring; of no interest ∼HSK 2
做生意 做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business ∼HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
半夜 半夜 bàn yè midnight; in the middle of the night HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
大门 大門 Dà mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
不好意思 不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2