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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| 刮胡子 刮鬍子 | to shave | |
| 忠臣 忠臣 | faithful official | |
| 摸清 摸清 | to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 春宵一刻 春宵一刻 | a moment of a spring night (idiom, from Su Shi); a precious romantic moment, esp. a wedding night ('worth a thousand pieces of gold') | |
| 贤惠 賢惠 | variant of 贤慧 | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 壮观 壯觀 | spectacular; magnificent sight | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 打动 打動 | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 歌词 歌詞 | song lyric; lyrics | |
| 崇拜 崇拜 | to worship; adoration | |
| 掌声 掌聲 | applause | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 混乱 混亂 | confusion; chaos; disorder | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 透露 透露 | to leak out; to divulge; to reveal | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 酷 酷 | ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 最佳 最佳 | optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 集 集 | to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because |