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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suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2
shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
lán blue; indigo plant HSK 2
xiǎng to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
píng bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
fish HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
duǎn short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
used in 防 and 溜 HSK 2
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲ HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
xīn wén news HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
hóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
liǎn face HSK 2
fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2