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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Vocabulary

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借过 借過 jiè guò excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
例 例 lì precedent, example; regulation ∼HSK 2
这样一来 這樣一來 zhè yàng yī lái thus; if this happens then ∼HSK 2
不见得 不見得 bù jiàn de not necessarily; not likely ∼HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
院子 院子 yuàn zi courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant HSK 2
坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person; villain HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
椅子 椅子 yǐ zi chair HSK 2
等到 等到 děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
花园 花園 huā yuán garden HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
南方 南方 nán fāng south; the southern part of the country; the South HSK 2
队长 隊長 duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
以外 以外 yǐ wài apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond HSK 2
碰到 碰到 pèng dào to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
碰 掽 pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
教师 教師 jiào shī teacher HSK 2
重复 重複 chóng fù to repeat; to duplicate HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
闻 聞 wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
舒服 舒服 shū fu comfortable; feeling well HSK 2
同事 同事 tóng shì colleague; co-worker HSK 2
租 租 zū to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
到处 到處 dào chù everywhere HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2