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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普及 普及 pǔ jí to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive HSK 3
面条 麵條 miàn tiáo noodles HSK 3
农村 農村 nóng cūn rural area; village HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
旅馆 旅館 lǚ guǎn hotel HSK 3
秋 秋 qiū autumn; fall; harvest time HSK 3
适用 適用 shì yòng to be applicable HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
有利 有利 yǒu lì advantageous; favorable HSK 3
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers; pants HSK 3
批评 批評 pī píng to criticize; criticism HSK 3
各自 各自 gè zì each; respective; apiece HSK 3
应当 應當 yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
团结 團結 tuán jié to unite; unity; solidarity; united HSK 3
争 爭 zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop HSK 3
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
福 福 fú good fortune; happiness; luck HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
双方 雙方 shuāng fāng bilateral; both sides; both parties involved HSK 3
合法 合法 hé fǎ lawful; legitimate; legal HSK 3
主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) HSK 3
村 村 cūn village HSK 3
配合 配合 pèi hé matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine HSK 3
女子 女子 nǚ zǐ woman; female HSK 3
积极 積極 jī jí active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive HSK 3
提前 提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance HSK 3
上去 上去 shàng qù to go up HSK 3
存 存 cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
赶 趕 gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
领 領 lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
赶紧 趕緊 gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
员 員 yuán person; employee; member HSK 3
公开 公開 gōng kāi open; overt; public; to make public; to release HSK 3
证据 證據 zhèng jù evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
断 斷 duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
足够 足夠 zú gòu enough; sufficient HSK 3
压 壓 yā to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
演出 演出 yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3