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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| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 天气 天氣 | weather | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 生日 生日 | birthday | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place |