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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工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
白人 白人 bái rén white man or woman; Caucasian ∼HSK 1
几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such... ∼HSK 1
上回 上回 shàng huí last time; the previous time ∼HSK 1
白痴 白痴 bái chī idiocy; idiot ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
累坏 累壞 lèi huài to become exhausted ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
包包 包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
行书 行書 xíng shū running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) ∼HSK 1
有学问 有學問 yǒu xué wèn (of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
做工 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
二十多 二十多 èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child; (humble) my son ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) ∼HSK 1
好几年 好幾年 hǎo jǐ nián several years ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
不送 不送 bù sòng don't bother to see me out ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
本我 本我 běn wǒ id; the self ∼HSK 1
在下 在下 zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
午 午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
不中用 不中用 bù zhōng yòng unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope ∼HSK 1
车行 車行 chē háng car-related business; car dealership; taxi company; (commercial) garage ∼HSK 1