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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疾病 疾病 jí bìng disease; sickness; ailment HSK 6
泡 泡 pāo puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces HSK 6
拖 拕 tuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on HSK 6
剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
部队 部隊 bù duì army; armed forces; troops; force; unit HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
赛 賽 sài to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
老样子 老樣子 lǎo yàng zi old situation; things as they were Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
搞不好 搞不好 gǎo bu hǎo (coll.) maybe; perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
破烂 破爛 pò làn worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
侬 儂 nóng I; you; family name ∼HSK 5
嗳 噯 ǎi interjection; exclamation ∼HSK 5
拥 擁 yōng embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
公分 公分 gōng fēn centimeter (cm); gram (g) ∼HSK 5
从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist; to serve in the army ∼HSK 5
贫 貧 pín poor, impoverished, needy ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
安德鲁 安德魯 Ān dé lǔ Andrew (name) ∼HSK 5
罚单 罰單 fá dān violation ticket; infringement notice ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
闹洞房 鬧洞房 nào dòng fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
蕾 蕾 lěi buds, unopened flowers ∼HSK 5
五十肩 五十肩 wǔ shí jiān adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
治疗师 治療師 zhì liáo shī therapist ∼HSK 5
钢筋 鋼筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar ∼HSK 5
逊 遜 xùn humble, modest; yield ∼HSK 5