The Banquet

The Banquet 2006

夜宴 yè yàn

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%

Cast

Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi Empress Wan Ge You Ge You Emperor Li Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Crown Prince Wu Luan Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Qing Nu Ma Jingwu Ma Jingwu Minister Yin Taichang Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming General Yin Sun Zhou Zhonghe Zhou Zhonghe Lord Chamberlain Zeng Qiusheng Zeng Qiusheng Governor Pei Hong Xu Xiyan Xu Xiyan Ling Liu Yanbin Messenger

Vocabulary

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复仇 復仇 fù chóu to avenge; vengeance ∼HSK 5
谨 謹 jǐn prudent, cautious; attentive ∼HSK 5
弑 弒 shì to murder a superior; to murder one's parent ∼HSK 5
暴 暴 Bào violent, brutal, tyrannical ∼HSK 5
崩 崩 bēng rupture, split apart, collapse ∼HSK 5
甜食 甜食 tián shí dessert; sweet ∼HSK 5
恭候 恭候 gōng hòu to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
灿 燦 càn vivid, illuminating; bright ∼HSK 5
杖 杖 zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5
毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
嗅 嗅 xiù smell, scent, sniff; olfactive ∼HSK 5
鹤 鶴 hè crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
叩 叩 kòu knock, ask; kowtow, bow ∼HSK 5
鞭笞 鞭笞 biān chī to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along ∼HSK 5
枉 枉 wǎng useless, in vain; bent, crooked ∼HSK 5
军务 軍務 jūn wù military affairs ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
訇 訇 Hōng the sound of a crash ∼HSK 5
杀戮 殺戮 shā lù to massacre; to slaughter ∼HSK 5
暗恋 暗戀 àn liàn to be secretly in love with ∼HSK 5
册立 冊立 cè lì to confer a title on (an empress or a prince) ∼HSK 5
逃遁 逃遁 táo dùn to escape; to disappear ∼HSK 5
遣 遣 qiǎn send, dispatch; send off, exile ∼HSK 5
诛杀 誅殺 zhū shā to kill; to murder ∼HSK 5
紧随其后 緊隨其後 jǐn suí qí hòu to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom) ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
诏 詔 zhào decree, proclaim; imperial decree ∼HSK 5
戏言 戲言 xì yán joking matter; to go back on one's words ∼HSK 5
寝 寢 qǐn sleep, rest; bed chamber ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
格斗 格鬥 gé dòu to wrestle ∼HSK 5
剪纸 剪紙 jiǎn zhǐ papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
诛 誅 zhū execute, kill, put to death; punish ∼HSK 5
藻 藻 zǎo splendid, magnificent; algae ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
唱戏 唱戲 chàng xì to perform in opera ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
山洞 山洞 shān dòng cavern; cave ∼HSK 5
殡 殯 bìn encoffin; embalm; funeral ∼HSK 5
继位 繼位 jì wèi to succeed to the throne ∼HSK 5
儒 儒 rú Confucian scholar ∼HSK 5
朝纲 朝綱 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court ∼HSK 5
大义 大義 dà yì righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing ∼HSK 5