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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| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 爱情 愛情 | romance; love (romantic) | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 主要 主要 | main; principal; major; primary | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley |