Sorrow of the Gentry

Sorrow of the Gentry 1974

朱门怨 zhū mén yuàn

In the waning days of China's feudal aristocracy, a powerful family crumbles under the weight of tradition, betrayal, and inner decay. The Yang household, ruled by the domineering patriarch Mr. Yang, is torn apart as each son struggles with personal misery: a forbidden love, a loveless marriage, a murderous rivalry, and class-defying passion. As secrets of smuggled arms and illicit affairs come to light, the once-mighty clan collapses amid death, scandal, and disgrace.

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丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
从一而终 從一而終 cóng yī ér zhōng faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) Idiom ∼HSK 4
齐家治国 齊家治國 qí jiā zhì guó to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
咫尺天涯 咫尺天涯 zhǐ chǐ tiān yá so close, yet worlds apart (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
怪事 怪事 guài shì strange thing; curious occurrence Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潇湘 瀟湘 Xiāo xiāng other name of the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国民革命军 國民革命軍 Guó mín Gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北伐 北伐 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
苦瓜 苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
定下 定下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat) ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
皮箱 皮箱 pí xiāng leather suitcase ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
败光 敗光 bài guāng to squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4