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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| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 蓝色 藍色 | blue (color) | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 感动 感動 | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 旅行 旅行 | to travel; journey; trip | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 空气 空氣 | air; atmosphere | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 语言 語言 | language | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 篇 篇 | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 举行 舉行 | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |