The Wedding Banquet 1993
喜宴
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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| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 提出 提出 | to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash) | |
| 广告 廣告 | to advertise; a commercial; advertisement | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 晚安 晚安 | Good night!; Good evening! | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 意见 意見 | idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 健康 健康 | health; healthy | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 节目 節目 | program; item (on a program) | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 度 度 | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 经过 經過 | to pass; to go through; process; course |