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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| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 提 提 | to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 药 藥 | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 检查 檢查 | inspection; to examine; to inspect | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 同时 同時 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 万 万 | used in 俟 | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 加 加 | to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 求 求 | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 有人 有人 | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as | |
| 刚 剛 | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |