The Lion Roars 2002
河东狮吼
During the Soong Dynasty, a beautiful woman named Liu is searching for a husband, but is unable to find one until she hears the avant-garde poetry of Chen. Soon the two are married and Chen discovers that his new bride is violently temperamental and insanely jealous, who limits his activities and lifestyle. When a princess falls in love with the poet and the Emperor decrees that Chen must take the princess in as a second-wife. The love between Liu and Chen is put to the test.
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Vocabulary
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| 距离 距離 | distance; to be apart from | |
| 季 季 | season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields | |
| 安 安 | (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) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 鸡飞狗跳 雞飛狗跳 | lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom); fig. in chaos; in disarray | Idiom |
| 猪朋狗友 豬朋狗友 | dissolute companions; disreputable comrades | Idiom |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 猪头 豬頭 | pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk | Colloquialism |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | 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 |
| 金刚 金剛 | King Kong | Proper Noun |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 邦 邦 | nation, country, state | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 蕉 蕉 | banana; plantain | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 阿妹 阿妹 | younger sister | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 相亲 相親 | blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 火把 火把 | torch | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 京城 京城 | capital of a country | |
| 简 簡 | simple, terse, succinct, a letter |