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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个子 個子 gè zi height; stature; build; size HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
西北 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
天上 天上 tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person; villain HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
例子 例子 lì zi case; (for) instance; example HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
排队 排隊 pái duì to line up HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不一定 不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2
大小 大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair) ∼HSK 2
重视 重視 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
等于 等於 děng yú to equal; to be tantamount to HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
碰到 碰到 pèng dào to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit HSK 2
碰 掽 pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
不久 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
故意 故意 gù yì deliberately; on purpose HSK 2
舒服 舒服 shū fu comfortable; feeling well HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
到处 到處 dào chù everywhere HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
合适 合適 hé shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
差不多 差不多 chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
轻 輕 qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
满意 滿意 mǎn yì satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
接到 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc) HSK 2
平 平 píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift; present HSK 2
疼 疼 téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
急 急 jí urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
蓝 藍 lán blue; indigo plant HSK 2
想起 想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
取得 取得 qǔ dé to acquire; to get; to obtain HSK 2