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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拍 拍 pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
支持 支持 zhī chí to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by HSK 3
处理 處理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
调查 調查 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
结束 結束 jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
解决 解決 jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
消息 消息 xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time; for the first time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
弄走 弄走 nòng zǒu (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
全市 全市 quán shì whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
中华人民共和国 中華人民共和國 Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó People's Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon; whole month; baby's one-month old birthday ∼HSK 2
下身 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body; genitalia; trousers ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
轻度 輕度 qīng dù mild (symptoms etc) ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
市里 市裡 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) ∼HSK 2