Temptress Moon

Temptress Moon 1996

fēngyuè

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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3.63 Beginner Director Chen Kaige 🍅 62%

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xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
jiǎo soles of the feet ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf, Xinhai Revolution of 1911 ∼HSK 4
jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
liǎng bian either side; both sides HSK 4
yān to smoke HSK 4
zàn chéng to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist HSK 4
bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
xīn niáng bride HSK 4
nán male-female; male and female HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
zài hu not to care HSK 4
the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them HSK 4
chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
yùn qi luck (good or bad) HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
zhàng fu husband HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
tiáo xīn to be of one mind; to think or act alike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3