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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未及 未及 wèi jí to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon ∼HSK 6
致歉 致歉 zhì qiàn to apologize; to express regret ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously; to foist sth off on sb ∼HSK 6
童言无忌 童言無忌 tóng yán wú jì children's words carry no harm (idiom) ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
柔顺 柔順 róu shùn gentle and agreeable; supple; yielding ∼HSK 6
服务生 服務生 fú wù shēng server (at a restaurant) ∼HSK 6
大惊 大驚 dà jīng with great alarm ∼HSK 6
国粹 國粹 guó cuì national essence; quintessence of national culture ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6
棉被 棉被 mián bèi comforter; quilt ∼HSK 6
春宵一刻 春宵一刻 chūn xiāo yī kè a moment of a spring night (idiom, from Su Shi); a precious romantic moment, esp. a wedding night ('worth a thousand pieces of gold') ∼HSK 6
血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter; sphygmomanometer ∼HSK 6
饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) ∼HSK 6
呕气 嘔氣 òu qì variant of ∼HSK 6
煎蛋 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg ∼HSK 6
保险套 保險套 bǎo xiǎn tào condom ∼HSK 6
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute; mute; silent ∼HSK 6
探病 探病 tàn bìng to visit a sick person or patient ∼HSK 6
经不起 經不起 jīng bu qǐ can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist ∼HSK 6
假戏真做 假戲真做 jiǎ xì zhēn zuò to play a fake game for real (idiom); a pretense that becomes genuine; acting that turns true ∼HSK 6
恢复原状 恢復原狀 huī fù yuán zhuàng to restore sth to its original state ∼HSK 6
烂摊子 爛攤子 làn tān zi terrible mess; shambles ∼HSK 6
剖腹 剖腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen; to disembowel; to speak from the heart ∼HSK 6
结扎 結紮 jié zā to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate; (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia); (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) ∼HSK 6
俊秀 俊秀 jùn xiù well-favored; elegant; pretty ∼HSK 6
汉堡包 漢堡包 hàn bǎo bāo hamburger (loanword) ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
过渡性 過渡性 guò dù xìng transitional; bridging ∼HSK 6
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) ∼HSK 6
公婆 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents; parents-in-law HSK 6
合身 合身 hé shēn well-fitting (of clothes) HSK 6
赶不上 趕不上 gǎn bù shàng can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake HSK 6
处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head; section chief HSK 6
公鸡 公雞 gōng jī cock; rooster HSK 6
送礼 送禮 sòng lǐ to give a present HSK 6
抽空 抽空 chōu kòng to find the time to do sth HSK 6
钟头 鐘頭 zhōng tóu hour HSK 6
母女 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter; mother-daughter HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
打牌 打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
地下室 地下室 dì xià shì basement; cellar HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
海外 海外 hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6