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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保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
案件 案件 àn jiàn case; instance HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
笨嘴笨舌 笨嘴笨舌 bèn zuǐ bèn shé clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
整治 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) Colloquialism HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
复议 復議 fù yì to reconsider ∼HSK 6
棉袄 棉襖 mián ǎo cotton-padded jacket ∼HSK 6
自我批评 自我批評 zì wǒ pī píng self-criticism ∼HSK 6
烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire ∼HSK 6
诉讼法 訴訟法 sù sòng fǎ procedural law ∼HSK 6
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work; to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work; loss of working time; a holdup ∼HSK 6
捎来 捎來 shāo lái to bring sth to sb (news etc) ∼HSK 6
代销 代銷 dài xiāo to sell as agent; to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies); proxy sale (of stocks) ∼HSK 6
杆子 杆子 gān zi pole ∼HSK 6
公家 公家 gōng jiā the public; the state; society; the public purse ∼HSK 6
撑腰 撐腰 chēng yāo to support; to brace ∼HSK 6
全权 全權 quán quán full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers ∼HSK 6
难产 難產 nán chǎn difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì may you live a hundred years (idiom); long life!; a wish for longevity ∼HSK 6
兽医 獸醫 shòu yī veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet ∼HSK 6
章子 章子 zhāng zi seal; stamp ∼HSK 6
端饭 端飯 duān fàn to serve (food) ∼HSK 6
说理 說理 shuō lǐ to reason; to argue logically ∼HSK 6
扭打 扭打 niǔ dǎ to wrestle; to grapple; to scuffle ∼HSK 6
软组织 軟組織 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue ∼HSK 6
水肿 水腫 shuǐ zhǒng (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy) ∼HSK 6
窝子 窩子 wō zi lair; den; stronghold ∼HSK 6
包谷 包穀 bāo gǔ (dialect) corn; maize ∼HSK 6
撬开 撬開 qiào kāi to pry open; to lever open ∼HSK 6
无期徒刑 無期徒刑 wú qī tú xíng life imprisonment ∼HSK 6
顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) ∼HSK 6
养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother; adoptive mother ∼HSK 6
对号入座 對號入座 duì hào rù zuò to take one's seat according to the ticket number; (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place; to take a general comment as a personal attack ∼HSK 6