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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四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
做菜 做菜 zuò cài to cook; cooking ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
会要 會要 huì yào dynastic records of imperial China ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
镯子 鐲子 zhuó zi bracelet ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
明天见 明天見 míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
手下 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
想来 想來 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
老大不小 老大不小 lǎo dà bù xiǎo no longer a child (idiom) ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
到家 到家 dào jiā perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
一年多 一年多 yī nián duō more than a year ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
问好 問好 wèn hǎo to say hello to; to send one's regards to ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
天哪 天哪 tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1
出钱 出錢 chū qián to pay ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant) ∼HSK 1