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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车行 車行 chē háng car-related business; car dealership; taxi company; (commercial) garage ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
看上 看上 kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
叫早 叫早 jiào zǎo to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel) ∼HSK 1
中风 中風 zhòng fēng to suffer a paralyzing stroke ∼HSK 1
老天 老天 lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
有一点 有一點 yǒu yī diǎn a little; somewhat ∼HSK 1
差一点 差一點 chà yī diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
有为 有為 yǒu wéi promising; to show promise ∼HSK 1
不由 不由 bù yóu can't help (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
做不到 做不到 zuò bù dào impossible ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
和好 和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled; on good terms with each other ∼HSK 1
买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping ∼HSK 1
好汉 好漢 hǎo hàn hero; strong and courageous person ∼HSK 1
真事 真事 zhēn shì reality; veracity; the real thing ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
女孩儿 女孩兒 nǚ hái r erhua variant of 女孩; girl HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
买不起 買不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford; can't afford buying ∼HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
早饭 早飯 zǎo fàn breakfast HSK 1
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread HSK 1
午饭 午飯 wǔ fàn lunch HSK 1
左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left; the left side; to the left of HSK 1
开会 開會 kāi huì to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal; dinner; supper HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
下班 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
男朋友 男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
右边 右邊 yòu bian right side; right, to the right HSK 1
唱歌 唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
起床 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1