The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet 1993

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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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斗六 斗六 Dǒu liù Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
比利 比利 Bǐ lì (HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940-2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布鲁克林大桥 布魯克林大橋 Bù lǔ kè lín Dà qiáo Brooklyn Bridge Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒋公 蔣公 Jiǎng gōng honorific title for Chiang Kai-shek Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王羲之 王羲之 Wáng Xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德州 德州 Dé zhōu Dezhou, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
越战 越戰 Yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
抽查 抽查 chōu chá random inspection; to do a spot check ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
堡 堡 bǎo fort, fortress; town, village ∼HSK 4
移民局 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office ∼HSK 4
博士学位 博士學位 bó shì xué wèi doctoral degree; PhD; same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲學博士學位|哲学博士学位 ∼HSK 4
登报 登報 dēng bào to publish in the newspapers ∼HSK 4
败笔 敗筆 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
择偶 擇偶 zé ǒu to choose a spouse ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
移开 移開 yí kāi to move away ∼HSK 4
地主 地主 dì zhǔ landlord; landowner; host ∼HSK 4
帕 帕 pà turban, kerchief, veil; wrap ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4
松口 鬆口 sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth; (fig.) to relent; to yield ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
结了 結了 jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
生根 生根 shēng gēn to take root ∼HSK 4
有味 有味 yǒu wèi tasty ∼HSK 4
份量 份量 fèn liang variant of ∼HSK 4
适中 適中 shì zhōng moderate; reasonable; conveniently situated ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
寒伧 寒傖 hán chen variant of ∼HSK 4
菜色 菜色 cài sè dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition) ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
鸿 鴻 hóng species of wild swan; vast ∼HSK 4
闹新房 鬧新房 nào xīn fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) ∼HSK 4
脱下 脫下 tuō xià to take off (clothing) ∼HSK 4
逛街 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street ∼HSK 4
百倍 百倍 bǎi bèi a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly; to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes) ∼HSK 4
况 況 kuàng condition, situation; furthermore ∼HSK 4
吸血鬼 吸血鬼 xī xuè guǐ leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4