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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
感冒 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand Colloquialism HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村上 村上 Cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村子 村子 cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
血流 血流 xuè liú blood flow ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
抓走 抓走 zhuā zǒu to arrest ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3
追上 追上 zhuī shàng to overtake ∼HSK 3
村民 村民 cūn mín villager ∼HSK 3
管他的 管他的 guǎn tā de don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
邮电 郵電 yóu diàn post and telecommunications ∼HSK 3
就便 就便 jiù biàn at one's convenience; while one is at it ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb; a ghost writer; plagiarism ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
心口 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts ∼HSK 3
心想 心想 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself; to think ∼HSK 3
人力车 人力車 rén lì chē rickshaw ∼HSK 3
空手 空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed; unarmed; (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model; karate ∼HSK 3
大叔 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
老地方 老地方 lǎo dì fāng same place as before; usual place; stomping ground ∼HSK 3
转手 轉手 zhuǎn shǒu to pass on; to resell; to change hands ∼HSK 3
受累 受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account) ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
日内 日內 rì nèi in a few days; one of these days ∼HSK 3
重活 重活 zhòng huó heavy work ∼HSK 3
轻伤 輕傷 qīng shāng lightly wounded; minor injuries ∼HSK 3
拍片 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
拍出 拍出 pāi chū to sell at auction; to reach a given price at auction ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
衣架 衣架 yī jià clothes hanger; clothes rack HSK 3