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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大安大安 Dà ān	Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County, Taiwan; Da'an, county-level city in Baicheng, Jilin	Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长官長官 zhǎng guān	senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer)	∼HSK 4
烧酒燒酒 shāo jiǔ	name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as	∼HSK 4
意意 Yì	meaning, intent	∼HSK 4
盖头蓋頭 gài tóu	cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil	∼HSK 4
躺下躺下 tǎng xià	to lie down	∼HSK 4
九九归一九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī	nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done	∼HSK 4
宝船寶船 bǎo chuán	Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He	∼HSK 4
安身安身 ān shēn	to make one's home; to take shelter	∼HSK 4
苦处苦處 kǔ chu	suffering; distress	∼HSK 4
方圆方圓 fāng yuán	perimeter; range; (within) a radius of...	∼HSK 4
可不可不 kě bu	that's just the way it is; exactly!	∼HSK 4
烟袋煙袋 yān dài	tobacco pipe	∼HSK 4
老家伙老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo	variant of	∼HSK 4
散伙散夥 sàn huǒ	to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up	∼HSK 4
大伙大夥 dà huǒ	everybody; everyone; we all	∼HSK 4
盖上蓋上 gài shang	to cover	∼HSK 4
安安安安 ān ān	(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings!	∼HSK 4
规規 guī	rules, regulations, customs, law	∼HSK 4
散心散心 sàn xīn	to drive away cares; to relieve boredom	∼HSK 4
严实嚴實 yán shi	(sealed) tight; close; (hidden) safely; securely	∼HSK 4
激激 jī	arouse, excite, incite; quickly	∼HSK 4
收编收編 shōu biān	to incorporate into one's troops; to weave in	∼HSK 4
示众示眾 shì zhòng	to publicly expose	∼HSK 4
大麻大麻 dà má	hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana	∼HSK 4
后头後頭 hòu tou	behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future	HSK 4
风俗風俗 fēng sú	social custom	HSK 4
痛快痛快 tòng kuài	delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai]	HSK 4
大爷大爺 dà yé	arrogant idler; self-centered show-off	HSK 4
使劲使勁 shǐ jìn	to exert all one's strength	HSK 4
穷人窮人 qióng rén	poor people; the poor	HSK 4
来得及來得及 lái de jí	to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it	HSK 4
老家老家 lǎo jiā	native place; place of origin; home state or region	HSK 4
箱子箱子 xiāng zi	suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk	HSK 4
浓濃 nóng	concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)	HSK 4
扫掃 sǎo	to sweep	HSK 4
伙夥 huǒ	companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together	HSK 4
沉沉 chén	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy	HSK 4
从此從此 cóng cǐ	from now on; since then; henceforth	HSK 4
大哥大哥 dà gē	eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss	HSK 4
县縣 xiàn	county	HSK 4
叔叔叔叔 shū shu	father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu]	HSK 4
宽寬 kuān	wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient	HSK 4
隔隔 gé	to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of	HSK 4
无数無數 wú shù	countless; numberless; innumerable	HSK 4
酒吧酒吧 jiǔ bā	bar; pub; saloon	HSK 4
散㪚 sǎn	scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine	HSK 4
肚子肚子 dù zi	belly; abdomen; stomach	HSK 4
脑袋腦袋 nǎo dai	head; skull; brains; mental capability	HSK 4
摸摸 mō	to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract	HSK 4