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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签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
为止 為止 wéi zhǐ until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) HSK 5
逃 逃 táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
皮肤 皮膚 pí fū skin HSK 5
社区 社區 shè qū community; neighborhood HSK 5
吓 嚇 hè to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
戏 戲 xì trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
幅 幅 fú width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
俱乐部 俱樂部 jù lè bù club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
分享 分享 fēn xiǎng to share (let others have some of sth good) HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
享受 享受 xiǎng shòu to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
亚利桑那 亞利桑那 Yà lì sāng nà Arizona Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曼哈顿 曼哈頓 Màn hā dùn Manhattan island; Manhattan borough of New York City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波士顿 波士頓 Bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青山 青山 Qīng shān Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布鲁克林 布魯克林 Bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City Proper Noun ∼HSK 4