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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Vocabulary
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| 数学 數學 | mathematics; mathematical | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 长期 長期 | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 公民 公民 | citizen | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 纪念 紀念 | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 合法 合法 | lawful; legitimate; legal | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 现代 現代 | Hyundai, South Korean company | |
| 相互 相互 | each other; mutual | |
| 形式 形式 | outer appearance; form; shape; formality | |
| 服装 服裝 | dress; clothing; costume; clothes | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 男子 男子 | a man; a male | |
| 当中 當中 | among; in the middle; in the center | |
| 结合 結合 | to combine; to link; to integrate; binding | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 到达 到達 | to reach; to arrive | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 重大 重大 | great; important; major; significant | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 杂志 雜誌 | magazine | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 |