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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| 举动 舉動 | act; action; activity; move; movement | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 当前 當前 | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 迷人 迷人 | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 偶像 偶像 | idol | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 稍 稍 | somewhat; a little | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 缺乏 缺乏 | to lack; to be short of | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 幅 幅 | width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 哈 哈 | (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 奇, husky (dog) | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely |