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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| 寻思 尋思 | to consider; to ponder | |
| 瑞雪兆丰年 瑞雪兆豐年 | a timely snow promises a good harvest (idiom); auspicious snow foretells a bountiful year | |
| 照应 照應 | to look after; to take care of; to attend to | |
| 狠心 狠心 | callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 踏实 踏實 | firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] | |
| 抽空 抽空 | to find the time to do sth | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 酱 醬 | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | |
| 血管 血管 | vein; artery | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 爆 爆 | to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 股 股 | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat |