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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下人 下人 xià rén (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
花轿 花轎 huā jiào bridal sedan chair ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
十九 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
妹子 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister; girl ∼HSK 1
分给 分給 fēn gěi to divide (and give to others) ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
午 午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
花菜 花菜 huā cài cauliflower ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
回话 回話 huí huà to reply ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation; dialog; to converse (in a non-native language); (computing) session ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
家眷 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
老老 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
走去 走去 zǒu qù to walk over (to) ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
一点不 一點不 yī diǎn bù not at all ∼HSK 1
蝎子 蠍子 xiē zi scorpion ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1