Temptress Moon

Temptress Moon 1996

风月 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%

Cast

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Yu Zhongliang Gong Li Gong Li Pang Ruyi Kevin Lin Kevin Lin Pang Duanwu He Saifei He Saifei Yu Xiuyi Chang Shih Chang Shih Li Niangjiu Liankun Lin Liankun Lin Pang An Ko Hsiang-Ting Ko Hsiang-Ting Elder Qi Jie Zhou Jie Zhou The Woman of Zephyr Lane Zhou Yemang Zhou Yemang Pang Zhengda Lei Ren Young Yu Zhongliang

Vocabulary

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在下面 在下面 zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
办好 辦好 bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
三条 三條 sān tiáo three of a kind (poker) ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
这边儿 這邊兒 zhè biān r erhua variant of ∼HSK 2
租房 租房 zū fáng to rent an apartment ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
跑腿 跑腿 pǎo tuǐ to run errands ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
角楼 角樓 jiǎo lóu corner (between walls) ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
起头 起頭 qǐ tóu to start; at first; beginning ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
男孩子 男孩子 nán hái zi boy ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute ∼HSK 2
吃掉 吃掉 chī diào to eat up; to consume ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
做掉 做掉 zuò diào to kill; to get rid of; (sports) to defeat; to eliminate ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
碰见 碰見 pèng jiàn to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into HSK 2
做生意 做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business ∼HSK 2
回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country HSK 2
骑车 騎車 qí chē to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle) HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
月亮 月亮 yuè liang the moon HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
不好意思 不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
白色 白色 bái sè white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
闻 聞 wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
举 舉 jǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
放下 放下 fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2