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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别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
像话 像話 xiàng huà proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen; to start to write ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
身家 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets ∼HSK 2
雪白 雪白 xuě bái snow white ∼HSK 2
绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water; crystal-clear water ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
够意思 夠意思 gòu yì si wonderful; great; delightful; very kind; generous ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
讲明 講明 jiǎng míng to explain ∼HSK 2
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
小名 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child; childhood name ∼HSK 2
大件 大件 dà jiàn large; bulky; big-ticket item ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth; one side of sth ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
冷气机 冷氣機 lěng qì jī air conditioner ∼HSK 2
道别 道別 dào bié to say goodbye; to bid farewell; to pay a farewell call ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
零嘴 零嘴 líng zuǐ nibbles; snacks between meals ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
月租 月租 yuè zū to rent by the month ∼HSK 2
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
气韵 氣韻 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style; flavor; spirit; character ∼HSK 2
科班 科班 kē bān (old) school for Chinese opera; formal professional education or training ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral; precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
荷包蛋 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg; egg fried on both sides ∼HSK 2
办好 辦好 bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
做为 做為 zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2
倒开 倒開 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
小店 小店 xiǎo diàn small store ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
包在我身上 包在我身上 bāo zài wǒ shēn shang leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it ∼HSK 2
早生贵子 早生貴子 zǎo shēng guì zǐ give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds) ∼HSK 2
生孩子 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
给面子 給面子 gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2