Sorrow of the Gentry 1974
朱门怨
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.
Vocabulary
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| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 放到 放到 | Put in | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 左右 左右 | left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards |