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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| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 远方 遠方 | far away; a distant location | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 昏 昏 | muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 开关 開關 | power switch; gas valve; to open the city (or frontier) gate; to open and close; to switch on and off | |
| 炸药 炸藥 | explosive (material) | |
| 再生 再生 | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 对外 對外 | external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 头疼 頭疼 | headache | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 跨 跨 | to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 井 井 | a well; neat; orderly | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 妇女 婦女 | woman | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female |