The Story of Qiu Ju

The Story of Qiu Ju 1992

秋菊打官司 qiū jú dǎguānsi

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

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3.81 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 87%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Qiu Ju Liu Peiqi Liu Peiqi Wan Qinglai Liuchun Yang Meizi Lei Kesheng Lei Kesheng Wang Shantang Ge Zhijun Ge Zhijun Officer Li Wanqing Zhu Luowen Cui Huiqin Yang Jianfa Wang Zi Lin

Vocabulary

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天大地大 天大地大 tiān dà dì dà lit. as great as heaven and earth (idiom); fig. boundless; immense; supremely important Idiom ∼HSK 7
实事求是 實事求是 shí shì qiú shì lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic Idiom HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
不服 不服 bù fú not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself) HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
倔 倔 jué used in 倔强 HSK 7
告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
利索 利索 lì suo nimble HSK 7
马虎 馬虎 mǎ hu careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy HSK 7
次要 次要 cì yào secondary HSK 7
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of HSK 7
偏向 偏向 piān xiàng partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation) HSK 7
法人 法人 fǎ rén legal person; corporation; see also 人 HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
承包 承包 chéng bāo to contract; to undertake (a job) HSK 7
口子 口子 kǒu zi hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent HSK 7
庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders; older generation HSK 7
调料 調料 tiáo liào condiment; seasoning; flavoring HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
凳子 凳子 dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre; official; officer; manager HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account; to apply for reimbursement; to write off; to wipe out HSK 7
一举 一舉 yī jǔ a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go HSK 7
蹬 蹬 dēng to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
宽敞 寬敞 kuān chang spacious; wide HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
颁布 頒布 bān bù to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc) HSK 7
收据 收據 shōu jù receipt HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
撇 撇 piē to cast away; to fling aside HSK 7
反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction HSK 7
差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7