The Banquet

The Banquet 2006

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Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.

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5.47 Advanced Director Feng Xiaogang 🍅 42%

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jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
chū to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of HSK 4
nèi interior; inside (part, section); internal HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
tóu to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
bèi (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply HSK 4
dài to look forward to; to await; expectation HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
ér shì rather HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
huò to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
xuè liú chéng rivers of blood (idiom); bloodbath Idiom ∼HSK 3
dāo - liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with Idiom ∼HSK 3
tóu tòng to have a headache Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu 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
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] 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
dài Shí guó Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3