Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum 1988

红高粱 hónggāoliáng

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.

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3.86 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 85%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Jiu'er Jiang Wen Jiang Wen Yu Teng Rujun Teng Rujun Uncle Luohan Liu Ji Jiu'er's Son Qian Ming Jiu'er's Grandmother Ji Chunhua Ji Chunhua Sanpao Zhai Chunhua Zhai Chunhua Hu Er Jia Zhaoji Jia Zhaoji Zhang Yuxiang Zhou Guiyun

Vocabulary

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下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) HSK 7
腔 腔 qiāng (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) HSK 7
咳嗽 咳嗽 ké sou to cough HSK 7
出自 出自 chū zì to come from HSK 7
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) HSK 7
吓人 嚇人 xià rén to scare; scary; frightening HSK 7
积 積 jī to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing HSK 7
壮 壯 Zhuàng Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
槽 槽 cáo trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive HSK 7
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
消 消 xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take HSK 7
翘 翹 qiáo outstanding; to raise HSK 7
担 擔 dàn picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole HSK 7
闷 悶 mēn stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly HSK 7
割 割 gē to cut; to cut apart HSK 7
窝 窩 wō nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
在意 在意 zài yì to care about; to mind HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
抛 拋 pāo to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces) HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
注 註 zhù to register; to annotate; note; comment HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
剥皮 剝皮 bāo pí to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat ∼HSK 6
三炮 三炮 sān pào (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
麻风病 麻風病 má fēng bìng leprosy; Hansen's disease ∼HSK 6
麻风 麻風 má fēng leprosy; Hansen's disease ∼HSK 6
张罗 張羅 zhāng luo to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) ∼HSK 6