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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这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
试着 試著 shì zhe (coll.) to try to Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块儿 一塊兒 yī kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
台湾 台灣 Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上海 上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
国语 國語 Guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
老子 老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
九月 九月 Jiǔ yuè September; ninth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
六月 六月 Liù yuè June; sixth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
东吴 東吳 Dōng Wú Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
三月 三月 Sān yuè March; third month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
点点 點點 Diǎn diǎn Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西门 西門 Xī mén two-character surname Ximen Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
爸妈 爸媽 bà mā dad and mom ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
老爸 老爸 lǎo bà father; dad ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
女孩 女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1