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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各方 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
健身房 健身房 jiàn shēn fáng gym; gymnasium HSK 4
暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating; heater; warm air HSK 4
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4
家务 家務 jiā wù household duties; housework HSK 4
光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend HSK 4
新郎 新郎 xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
毛巾 毛巾 máo jīn towel HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
延续 延續 yán xù to continue; to go on; to last HSK 4
美金 美金 Měi jīn US dollar; USD HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
担保 擔保 dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
逛 逛 guàng to stroll; to visit HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
同情 同情 tóng qíng to sympathize with; sympathy HSK 4
新娘 新娘 xīn niáng bride HSK 4
多次 多次 duō cì many times; repeatedly HSK 4
阿姨 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) HSK 4
小伙子 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
不在乎 不在乎 bù zài hu not to care HSK 4
有限 有限 yǒu xiàn limited; finite HSK 4
大陆 大陸 Dà lù mainland China (reference to the PRC) HSK 4
大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
护士 護士 hù shi nurse HSK 4
假如 假如 jiǎ rú if HSK 4
迟到 遲到 chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
盐 鹽 yán salt HSK 4
精力 精力 jīng lì energy HSK 4
财富 財富 cái fù wealth; riches HSK 4
夫妻 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
沉默 沉默 chén mò taciturn; uncommunicative; silent HSK 4
夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple; husband and wife HSK 4
聚 聚 jù to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
外套 外套 wài tào coat; jacket HSK 4
酒吧 酒吧 jiǔ bā bar; pub; saloon HSK 4
划 划 huá to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) HSK 4
散 㪚 sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
降 降 xiáng to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame HSK 4
寄 寄 jì to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
在乎 在乎 zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4
结构 結構 jié gòu structure; composition; makeup; architecture HSK 4