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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有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
渡假 渡假 dù jià (Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation ∼HSK 6
罗嗦 羅嗦 luō suo erroneous variant of ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
辰光 辰光 chén guāng sunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day; moment ∼HSK 6
百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store ∼HSK 6
哇塞 哇塞 wā sāi (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] ∼HSK 6
塞车 塞車 sāi chē traffic jam ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
吃得消 吃得消 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc); to be able to afford ∼HSK 6
但愿如此 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
诚如 誠如 chéng rú it is exactly as ∼HSK 6
铁丝 鐵絲 tiě sī iron wire; subway enthusiast; railway enthusiast ∼HSK 6
抵销 抵銷 dǐ xiāo variant of ∼HSK 6
缴税 繳稅 jiǎo shuì to pay tax ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house ∼HSK 6
雅痞 雅痞 yǎ pǐ yuppie (loanword) (Tw) ∼HSK 6
淋浴 淋浴 lín yù to take a shower; shower ∼HSK 6
胎记 胎記 tāi jì birthmark ∼HSK 6
哈罗 哈羅 hā luó hello (loanword) ∼HSK 6
在这之前 在這之前 zài zhè zhī qián before then; up until that point ∼HSK 6
清爽 清爽 qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed ∼HSK 6
招租 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent ∼HSK 6
赌气 賭氣 dǔ qì to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved ∼HSK 6
剿匪 剿匪 jiǎo fěi to send armed forces to suppress ∼HSK 6
良多 良多 liáng duō considerably; much; quite a bit ∼HSK 6
浑然 渾然 hún rán completely; absolutely; undivided; totally mixed up; muddled ∼HSK 6
苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda; (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink ∼HSK 6
泡水 泡水 pào shuǐ to infuse; to soak in water ∼HSK 6
拿捏 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
珠子 珠子 zhū zi pearl; bead ∼HSK 6
胸针 胸針 xiōng zhēn brooch ∼HSK 6
料子 料子 liào zi material ∼HSK 6
面霜 面霜 miàn shuāng facial cream (cosmetics) ∼HSK 6
青春永驻 青春永駐 qīng chūn yǒng zhù to stay young forever ∼HSK 6
足足 足足 zú zú fully; no less than; as much as; extremely ∼HSK 6
俗套 俗套 sú tào conventional patterns; cliché ∼HSK 6
正当理由 正當理由 zhèng dàng lǐ yóu proper reason; reasonable grounds ∼HSK 6
熬出头 熬出頭 áo chū tóu to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it ∼HSK 6
吉普车 吉普車 jí pǔ chē jeep (military vehicle) (loanword) ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
新郎官 新郎官 xīn láng guān bridegroom; groom ∼HSK 6
伴娘 伴娘 bàn niáng bridesmaid; maid of honor; matron of honor ∼HSK 6
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
痴情 癡情 chī qíng infatuation ∼HSK 6