The Wedding Banquet 1993
喜宴
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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Vocabulary
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| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 热水 熱水 | hot water | |
| 隐私 隱私 | secrets; private business; privacy | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 专用 專用 | special; dedicated | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 一同 一同 | together | |
| 心脏病 心臟病 | heart disease | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 驻 駐 | to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) | |
| 会长 會長 | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 从不 從不 | never | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 大道 大道 | main street; avenue | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 收藏 收藏 | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection | |
| 税 稅 | taxes; duties | |
| 猛 猛 | ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 障碍 障礙 | barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle | |
| 餐 餐 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 心脏 心臟 | heart | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 托 託 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly |