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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上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
和睦相处 和睦相處 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony; to get along with each other ∼HSK 6
罪过 罪過 zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
狗娘养的 狗娘養的 gǒu niáng yǎng de son of a bitch ∼HSK 6
端上 端上 duān shàng to serve (food, tea etc) ∼HSK 6
梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
亮堂堂 亮堂堂 liàng táng táng very bright; well-lit ∼HSK 6
担待 擔待 dān dài to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility ∼HSK 6
知书达理 知書達理 zhī shū dá lǐ educated and well-balanced (idiom) ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
令堂 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
蹲下 蹲下 dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
素菜 素菜 sù cài vegetable dish ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
洋菜 洋菜 yáng cài agar ∼HSK 6
以假乱真 以假亂真 yǐ jiǎ - luàn zhēn (idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing ∼HSK 6
佛跳墙 佛跳牆 fó tiào qiáng lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
豆芽 豆芽 dòu yá bean sprout ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
惯坏 慣壞 guàn huài to spoil (a child) ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
馄饨 餛飩 hún tun wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
真丝 真絲 zhēn sī silk; pure silk ∼HSK 6
顺眼 順眼 shùn yǎn pleasing to the eye; nice to look at ∼HSK 6
荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) ∼HSK 6
不致 不致 bù zhì not in such a way as to; not likely to ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
骚味 騷味 sāo wèi foul smell ∼HSK 6
豆芽菜 豆芽菜 dòu yá cài bean sprouts ∼HSK 6
不识字 不識字 bù shí zì illiterate ∼HSK 6
笑眯眯 笑眯眯 xiào mī mī beaming; all smiles ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
催产 催產 cuī chǎn to induce labor; to expedite childbirth ∼HSK 6
撑破 撐破 chēng pò to burst ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction · 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 岁: year; age; harvest ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
耗子 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat ∼HSK 6
吊死 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging; to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
嘻嘻 嘻嘻 xī xī hee hee; happy ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6