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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压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater); climax ∼HSK 5
上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation ∼HSK 5
笛 笛 dí bamboo flute; whistle ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
显老 顯老 xiǎn lǎo to look old ∼HSK 5
堕胎 墮胎 duò tāi to induce an abortion; induced abortion ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
剪断 剪斷 jiǎn duàn to cut; to snip ∼HSK 5
不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition; wrong; fishy ∼HSK 5
睹 睹 dǔ look at, gaze at; observe ∼HSK 5
伺 伺 cì serve, wait upon, attend; examine ∼HSK 5
侍 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
梓 梓 zǐ catalpa ovata ∼HSK 5
枫 楓 fēng maple tree ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
小产 小產 xiǎo chǎn to miscarry; a miscarriage; an abortion ∼HSK 5
做戏 做戲 zuò xì to act in a play; to put on a play ∼HSK 5
杀鸡给猴看 殺雞給猴看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
摁 摁 èn to press with the hand ∼HSK 5
恭贺 恭賀 gōng hè to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
剪子 剪子 jiǎn zi clippers; scissors; shears HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
舍得 捨得 shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
亏 虧 kuī deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... HSK 5
斜 斜 xié inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
人间 人間 rén jiān the human world; the earth HSK 5
闲 閒 xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
脸色 臉色 liǎn sè complexion; look HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
偷偷 偷偷 tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
一下子 一下子 yī xià zi in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
随意 隨意 suí yì as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious HSK 5