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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闲情 閒情 xián qíng leisurely frame of mind ∼HSK 6
惆怅 惆悵 chóu chàng melancholy; depression ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
一官半职 一官半職 yī guān bàn zhí a minor official post (idiom); some petty official position ∼HSK 6
光宗耀祖 光宗耀祖 guāng zōng yào zǔ to bring honor to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
飘零 飄零 piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless ∼HSK 6
粉蝶 粉蝶 fěn dié pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family) ∼HSK 6
空余 空餘 kòng yú free; vacant; unoccupied ∼HSK 6
残月 殘月 cán yuè waning moon ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
劈里啪啦 劈里啪啦 pī li pā lā variant of ∼HSK 6
跨过 跨過 kuà guò to surmount; to cross over ∼HSK 6
宠坏 寵壞 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
芦苇 蘆葦 lú wěi reed ∼HSK 6
计谋 計謀 jì móu stratagem; scheme ∼HSK 6
缺德事 缺德事 quē dé shì misdeed; immoral action; wicked deed; a deliberate wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute; mute; silent ∼HSK 6
肺痨 肺癆 fèi láo tuberculosis ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
有财有势 有財有勢 yǒu cái yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom); having both wealth and influence ∼HSK 6
巡警 巡警 xún jǐng police patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer ∼HSK 6
泻药 瀉藥 xiè yào laxative ∼HSK 6
无端 無端 wú duān for no reason at all ∼HSK 6
端的 端的 duān dì really; after all; details; particulars ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
前途未卜 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?; who knows what the future holds? ∼HSK 6
纯良 純良 chún liáng pure and kindhearted ∼HSK 6
九泉之下 九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià beneath the Nine Springs (idiom); the underworld; the world of the dead ∼HSK 6
顶罪 頂罪 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc) ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
扯平 扯平 chě píng to make even; to balance; (fig.) to be even; to call it quits ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
寄望 寄望 jì wàng to place hopes on ∼HSK 6
斋堂 齋堂 zhāi táng dining hall in a Buddhist temple ∼HSK 6
晨昏 晨昏 chén hūn morning and twilight; day and night ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
哀愁 哀愁 āi chóu sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful ∼HSK 6
秋月春花 秋月春花 qiū yuè chūn huā autumn moon and spring flowers (idiom); beautiful scenery; the passage of the seasons ∼HSK 6
今宵 今宵 jīn xiāo tonight (literary) ∼HSK 6
串通 串通 chuàn tōng to collude; to collaborate; to gang up ∼HSK 6
足足 足足 zú zú fully; no less than; as much as; extremely ∼HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
霞 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
送礼 送禮 sòng lǐ to give a present HSK 6
看得见 看得見 kàn dé jiàn can see; visible HSK 6