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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针 針 zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
散 㪚 sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
引 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
在乎 在乎 zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4
摸 摸 mō to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
守 守 shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
如今 如今 rú jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
脱 脫 tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
不然 不然 bù rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
闹 鬧 nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
透 透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
色 色 sè color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
提醒 提醒 tí xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
抽 抽 chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
嗯 嗯 ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
一场空 一場空 yī cháng kōng all in vain; futile Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
封城 封城 fēng chéng to lock down a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
苏州 蘇州 Sū zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
全城 全城 quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城外 城外 chéng wài outside of a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
丫环 丫環 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3