Raise the Red Lantern 1991
大红灯笼高高挂
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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Vocabulary
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| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 合适 合適 | suitable; fitting; appropriate | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc |