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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踢 踢 tī to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) HSK 6
政策 政策 zhèng cè policy HSK 6
胸 胷 xiōng chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax HSK 6
搭 搭 dā to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 HSK 6
炒 炒 chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6
剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb); fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute; it takes two to tango; it's difficult to achieve anything without support Idiom ∼HSK 5
丢面子 丟面子 diū miàn zi to lose face Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
上当受骗 上當受騙 shàng dàng - shòu piàn (idiom) to be duped; to get scammed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
旁人 旁人 páng rén other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning ∼HSK 5
肋骨 肋骨 lèi gǔ rib ∼HSK 5
盆子 盆子 pén zi basin ∼HSK 5
馍 饃 mó bread ∼HSK 5
旦 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session ∼HSK 5
射手 射手 shè shǒu archer; shooter; marksman; (football etc) striker ∼HSK 5
右侧 右側 yòu cè right side ∼HSK 5
挫 挫 cuò push down; chop down; grind ∼HSK 5
左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side ∼HSK 5
拾掇 拾掇 shí duo to clear up; to tidy up; to pick up; to repair ∼HSK 5
土木 土木 tǔ mù building; construction; civil engineering ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
吏 吏 lì government official, magistrate ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
孰 孰 shú who? which? what? which one? ∼HSK 5
先主 先主 xiān zhǔ former ruler; founding ruler ∼HSK 5
乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk; rustic; rural folk ∼HSK 5
弄丢 弄丟 nòng diū to lose ∼HSK 5
夹紧 夾緊 jiā jǐn to clamp; to grip ∼HSK 5
盅 盅 zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
乌龟 烏龜 wū guī tortoise; cuckold ∼HSK 5
鳖 鱉 biē turtle ∼HSK 5