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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你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
下水 下水 xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
有钱人 有錢人 yǒu qián rén rich person; the rich ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
分点 分點 fēn diǎn point of division ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
听错 聽錯 tīng cuò to mishear ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
做大 做大 zuò dà arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
要人 要人 yào rén important person ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
不在了 不在了 bù zài le to be dead; to have passed away ∼HSK 1
有话快说 有話快說 yǒu huà kuài shuō spit it out! ∼HSK 1
上路 上路 shàng lù to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
后门 後門 hòu mén back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
分家 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
天涯 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
放出 放出 fàng chū to let off; to give out ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
教书 教書 jiāo shū to teach (in a school) ∼HSK 1
请进 請進 qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
跟不上 跟不上 gēn bu shàng not able to keep up with ∼HSK 1
外边 外邊 wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
看病 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient HSK 1