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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熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
应付 應付 yìng fu to deal with; to cope HSK 7
移植 移植 yí zhí to transplant HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
欺骗 欺騙 qī piàn to deceive; to cheat HSK 7
兼 兼 jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
瓦 瓦 wǎ roof tile; abbr. for 特 HSK 7
汁 汁 zhī juice HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
婴儿 嬰兒 yīng ér infant; baby; lead (Pb) HSK 7
公寓 公寓 gōng yù apartment building; block of flats HSK 7
吻 吻 wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
生物 生物 shēng wù organism; living creature; life form; biological HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
屁滚尿流 屁滾尿流 pì gǔn niào liú to piss one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless Idiom ∼HSK 6
浑然天成 渾然天成 hún rán tiān chéng to resemble nature itself; of the highest quality (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day Idiom ∼HSK 6
珠光宝气 珠光寶氣 zhū guāng bǎo qì bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
没精打采 沒精打采 méi jīng dǎ cǎi listless; dispirited; washed out; also written Idiom ∼HSK 6
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
敷衍了事 敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
吃不消 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6