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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| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 爹爹 爹爹 | daddy; granddad | |
| 铺床 鋪床 | to make a bed; to lay bedding | |
| 佣人 傭人 | servant | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 绫罗绸缎 綾羅綢緞 | (idiom) silk and satin | |
| 世界大战 世界大戰 | world war | |
| 平权 平權 | equal rights | |
| 垂柳 垂柳 | weeping willow (Salix babylonica) | |
| 飘飘 飄飄 | to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost | |
| 下狠心 下狠心 | to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up | |
| 忠厚 忠厚 | honest and considerate | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 委曲 委曲 | sinuous; devious; full details of a story; to stoop | |
| 凡心 凡心 | reluctance to leave this world; heart set on the mundane | |
| 大驾光临 大駕光臨 | we are honored by your presence | |
| 巡捕房 巡捕房 | (old) police station in a foreign concession | |
| 洋装 洋裝 | Western-style dress | |
| 赌气 賭氣 | to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved | |
| 不料 不料 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 联盟 聯盟 | alliance; union; coalition | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 服 服 | classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fú] | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |