The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet 1993

喜宴 xǐyàn

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

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4.03 Intermediate Director Ang Lee 🍅 94%

Cast

Winston Chao Winston Chao Gao Wai-Tung Gua Ah-leh Gua Ah-leh Mrs. Gao Lung Sihung Lung Sihung Mr. Gao May Chin May Chin Gu Wei-Wei Mitchell Lichtenstein Mitchell Lichtenstein Simon Vanessa Yang Mao Mei Dion Birney Andrew Jeanne Kuo Chang Jeanne Kuo Chang Wai-Tung's Secretary Michael Gaston Michael Gaston Justice of the Peace Neal Huff Neal Huff Steve

Vocabulary

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媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
老化 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated HSK 7
奢望 奢望 shē wàng an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
体谅 體諒 tǐ liàng to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away HSK 7
专程 專程 zhuān chéng specifically; specially (for that purpose) HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
谅解 諒解 liàng jiě to understand; to make allowances for; understanding HSK 7
恨不得 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth HSK 7
来宾 來賓 Lái bīn Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi HSK 7
平和 平和 Píng hé Pinghe county in Zhangzhou 州, Fujian HSK 7
敬意 敬意 jìng yì respect; esteem; high regard HSK 7
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera HSK 7
响应 響應 xiǎng yìng to respond to; answer HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
疤 疤 bā scar; scab HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
咽 咽 yān throat; pharynx; narrow pass HSK 7
缴 繳 jiǎo to hand in; to hand over; to seize HSK 7
点子 點子 diǎn zi spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer HSK 7
惯 慣 guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
学历 學歷 xué lì educational background; academic qualifications HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
麻痹 麻痺 má bì paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb; (fig.) to lull; negligent; apathetic HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert HSK 7
步入 步入 bù rù to step into; to enter HSK 7
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
低下 低下 dī xià low status; lowly; to lower (one's head) HSK 7
救护车 救護車 jiù hù chē ambulance HSK 7
境界 境界 jìng jiè boundary; state; realm HSK 7
着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng] HSK 7
扛 扛 gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
无耻 無恥 wú chǐ without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless HSK 7
心意 心意 xīn yì intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
轻微 輕微 qīng wēi slight; light; trivial; to a small extent HSK 7
柜台 櫃檯 guì tái sales counter; front desk; bar; (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter) HSK 7
骗人 騙人 piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) HSK 7
安定 安定 Ān dìng Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan HSK 7
默契 默契 mò qì tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight HSK 7
碰上 碰上 pèng shàng to run into; to come upon; to meet HSK 7
瘾 癮 yǐn addiction; craving HSK 7
坦白 坦白 tǎn bái honest; forthcoming; to confess HSK 7
皱 皺 zhòu to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease HSK 7
一体 一體 yī tǐ an integral whole; all concerned; everybody HSK 7