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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二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
门坎 門坎 mén kǎn variant of ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
找着 找著 zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 zěn me shuō ne Why is that?; How come? ∼HSK 1
午 午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
到家 到家 dào jiā perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
做工 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
镯子 鐲子 zhuó zi bracelet ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
人影 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) ∼HSK 1
起家 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by ∼HSK 1
等一会儿 等一會兒 děng yī huì r erhua variant of ∼HSK 1
上好 上好 shàng hǎo first-rate; top-notch ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
花呢 花呢 huā ní fancy suiting ∼HSK 1
回见 回見 huí jiàn See you later! ∼HSK 1
跑来跑去 跑來跑去 pǎo lái pǎo qù to scamper; to run around ∼HSK 1
明天见 明天見 míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) ∼HSK 1
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
家子 家子 jiā zi household; family ∼HSK 1
想想看 想想看 xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it ∼HSK 1
冷冷 冷冷 lěng lěng coldly ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
教坏 教壞 jiāo huài to misguide; to corrupt (sb) ∼HSK 1
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
学坏 學壞 xué huài to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1