Temptress Moon 1996
风月
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.
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Vocabulary
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| 夜长梦多 夜長夢多 | lit. a long night brings many dreams (idiom); fig. delay invites complications; a long wait risks unforeseen trouble | Idiom |
| 死心塌地 死心塌地 | to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving | Idiom |
| 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess | Idiom |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 侍候 侍候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 巴结 巴結 | to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to | |
| 斟酌 斟酌 | to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim | |
| 苗头 苗頭 | first signs; development (of a situation) | |
| 单薄 單薄 | weak; frail; thin; flimsy | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 死心 死心 | to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about | |
| 受罪 受罪 | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 子孙 子孫 | offspring; posterity | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 风筝 風箏 | kite | |
| 养活 養活 | to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth | |
| 过瘾 過癮 | to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling | |
| 如意 如意 | as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune | |
| 钱财 錢財 | wealth; money | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 迷路 迷路 | to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) | |
| 住处 住處 | residence; dwelling | |
| 琢磨 琢磨 | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work | |
| 蘑菇 蘑菇 | mushroom; to pester; to dawdle | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 打仗 打仗 | to fight a battle; to go to war | |
| 挪 挪 | to shift; to move | |
| 打倒 打倒 | to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! | |
| 天地 天地 | heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity | |
| 流泪 流淚 | to shed tears | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 流血 流血 | to bleed; to shed blood | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 筒 筒 | tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc) | |
| 永不 永不 | never; will never | |
| 赞同 讚同 | to approve of; to endorse; (vote) in favor | |
| 截 截 | to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 废 廢 | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) |