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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大过年 大過年 dà guò nián Chinese New Year ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
班车 班車 bān chē regular bus (service) ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife ∼HSK 1
上边 上邊 shàng bian the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up HSK 1
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 1
一回事 一回事 yī huí shì one and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another) ∼HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
车站 車站 chē zhàn rail station; bus stop HSK 1
开会 開會 kāi huì to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
商店 商店 shāng diàn store; shop HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
水果 水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit HSK 1
下班 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
地上 地上 dì shang on the ground; on the floor HSK 1
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
上班 上班 shàng bān to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
洗 洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
坏 壞 huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
累 累 lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
爸 爸 bà father; dad; pa; papa HSK 1