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.

HSK 1

3.86 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 85%

Cast

Gong Li Jiu'er

Jiang Wen Yu

Teng Rujun Uncle Luohan Liu Ji Jiu'er's Son Qian Ming Jiu'er's Grandmother

Ji Chunhua Sanpao

Zhai Chunhua Hu Er

Jia Zhaoji Zhang Yuxiang Zhou Guiyun

Vocabulary

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奶奶奶奶 nǎi nai	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts	Colloquialism HSK 1
块塊 kuài	lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units	Colloquialism HSK 1
吗嗎 má	(coll.) what?	Colloquialism HSK 1
那那 nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)	Colloquialism HSK 1
九月九月 Jiǔ yuè	September; ninth month (of the lunar year)	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本人日本人 Rì běn rén	Japanese person or people	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
老子老子 Lǎo zǐ	Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
七月七月 Qī yuè	July; seventh month (of the lunar year)	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
百里百里 Bǎi lǐ	two-character surname Baili	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
共产党共產黨 Gòng chǎn dǎng	Communist Party	Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
儿兒 rén	son, child; KangXi radical 10	∼HSK 1
十八十八 shí bā	eighteen; 18	∼HSK 1
家的家的 jiā de	(old) wife	∼HSK 1
不能不能 bù néng	cannot; must not; should not	∼HSK 1
那天那天 nà tiān	that day; the other day	∼HSK 1
一个一個 yīge	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	∼HSK 1
这是這是 zhè shì	this is; this is the ...	∼HSK 1
驴子驢子 lǘ zi	ass; donkey	∼HSK 1
这个這個 zhège	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	∼HSK 1
轿子轎子 jiào zi	sedan chair; palanquin; litter	∼HSK 1
妈的媽的 mā de	(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking	∼HSK 1
不是不是 bù shì	no; is not; not	∼HSK 1
小子小子 xiǎo zǐ	(literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)	∼HSK 1
大路大路 dà lù	avenue	∼HSK 1
他妈的他媽的 tā mā de	(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking	∼HSK 1
快点快點 kuài diǎn	to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!	∼HSK 1
奶奶的奶奶的 nǎi nai de	damn it!; blast it!	∼HSK 1
不中用不中用 bù zhōng yòng	unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope	∼HSK 1
坏了壞了 huài le	shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost	∼HSK 1
不了不了 bù le	no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)	∼HSK 1
说说說說 shuō shuo	to say sth	∼HSK 1
百十百十 bǎi shí	a hundred or so	∼HSK 1
回门回門 huí mén	first return of bride to her parental home	∼HSK 1
多大多大 duō dà	how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much	∼HSK 1
明明 Míng	bright, light, brilliant; clear	∼HSK 1
出了事出了事 chū le shì	sth bad happened	∼HSK 1
一点一點 yī diǎn	a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾\|一点钟[yi1 dia	∼HSK 1
不见了不見了 bù jiàn le	to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found	∼HSK 1
前几天前幾天 qián jǐ tiān	a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days	∼HSK 1
几个幾個 jǐ ge	a few; several; how many	∼HSK 1
影影 yǐng	shadow; image, reflection; photograph	∼HSK 1
几天幾天 jǐ tiān	several days	∼HSK 1
早起早起 zǎo qǐ	to get up early	∼HSK 1
一个人一個人 yī gè rén	by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company)	∼HSK 1
有话要说有話要說 yǒu huà yào shuō	to speak one's mind	∼HSK 1
女人家女人家 nǚ rén jia	women (in general)	∼HSK 1
工钱工錢 gōng qián	salary; wages	∼HSK 1
人人人人 rén rén	everyone; every person	∼HSK 1
记不住記不住 jì bu zhù	can't remember	∼HSK 1
一会一會 yī huì	a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]	∼HSK 1