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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他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain ∼HSK 5
同居 同居 tóng jū to live together; to cohabit ∼HSK 5
身孕 身孕 shēn yùn pregnancy; pregnant ∼HSK 5
死鬼 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed ∼HSK 5
婆家 婆家 pó jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 5
屁眼 屁眼 pì yǎn anus ∼HSK 5
赃 贓 zāng booty, loot, stolen goods; bribe ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
杀人犯 殺人犯 shā rén fàn murderer; homicide ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
烈女 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
玉器 玉器 yù qì jade artifact ∼HSK 5
游手好闲 遊手好閑 yóu shǒu hào xián to idle about ∼HSK 5
嗜 嗜 shì be fond of, have weakness for ∼HSK 5
吹鼓手 吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster ∼HSK 5
小姑 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
狐狸 狐狸 hú li fox; fig. sly and treacherous person ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
媒人 媒人 méi ren go-between; matchmaker ∼HSK 5
屐 屐 jī wooden shoes, clogs ∼HSK 5
斋 齋 zhāi vegetarian fast ∼HSK 5
孓 孓 jué beautiful ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
蝶 蜨 dié butterfly ∼HSK 5
血汗 血汗 xuè hàn (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work ∼HSK 5
咒骂 咒罵 zhòu mà to damn; to curse; to revile ∼HSK 5
礼教 禮教 lǐ jiào Confucian code of ethics ∼HSK 5
寂寂 寂寂 jì jì quiet ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
繁星 繁星 fán xīng many stars; a vast sky full of stars ∼HSK 5
叹息 嘆息 tàn xī to sigh; to gasp (in admiration) ∼HSK 5
见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd; strange; (interj.) curse it!; to hell with it! ∼HSK 5
大庭广众 大庭廣眾 dà tíng - guǎng zhòng (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by and followed by) ∼HSK 5
摔死 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
喃 喃 nán keep talking, chattering; mumble ∼HSK 5
呒 嘸 fǔ unclear; an expletive ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
鱼塘 魚塘 yú táng fishpond ∼HSK 5
弄丢 弄丟 nòng diū to lose ∼HSK 5