The Lion Roars

The Lion Roars 2002

河东狮吼 hédōngshīhǒu

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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4.22 Intermediate Director Joe Ma Wai-Ho IMDb 5.9

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Vocabulary

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大门 大門 Dà mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
洗澡 洗澡 xǐ zǎo to bathe; to take a shower HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend 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
平时 平時 píng shí ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
感动 感動 gǎn dòng to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
信心 信心 xìn xīn confidence; faith (in sb or sth) HSK 2
多久 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long?; (not) a long time HSK 2
收入 收入 shōu rù to take in; income; revenue 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
热情 熱情 rè qíng cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
差不多 差不多 chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
方便 方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself HSK 2
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
角度 角度 jiǎo dù angle; point of view HSK 2
好多 好多 hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
平 平 píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
疼 疼 téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
急 急 jí urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
词 詞 cí word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 HSK 2
借 借 jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
不行 不行 bù xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
不够 不夠 bù gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
小心 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
普通 普通 pǔ tōng common; ordinary; general; average HSK 2
怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
养 養 yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
表 表 biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
实在 實在 shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
流 流 liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
喂 喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
心里 心裡 xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
正是 正是 zhèng shì is precisely HSK 2
爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
刚才 剛才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
画 畫 huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
夜 亱 yè night HSK 2