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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恨透 恨透 hèn tòu to hate bitterly ∼HSK 5
契 契 qì deed, contract, bond; engrave ∼HSK 5
命中 命中 mìng zhòng to hit (a target) ∼HSK 5
差劲 差勁 chà jìn bad; no good; below average; disappointing ∼HSK 5
估价 估價 gū jià to value; to appraise; to be valued at; estimate; valuation ∼HSK 5
多礼 多禮 duō lǐ too polite; overcourteous ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
大嘴巴 大嘴巴 dà zuǐ ba bigmouth; blabbermouth ∼HSK 5
急诊室 急診室 jí zhěn shì emergency room ∼HSK 5
声乐 聲樂 shēng yuè vocal music ∼HSK 5
瑞 瑞 ruì felicitous omen; auspicious ∼HSK 5
阿尔巴尼亚人 阿爾巴尼亞人 Ā ěr bā ní yà rén Albanian (person) ∼HSK 5
世界贸易 世界貿易 shì jiè mào yì world trade; global trade ∼HSK 5
硬是 硬是 yìng shì just; simply; stubbornly; really ∼HSK 5
痣 痣 zhì spots, moles; birthmark ∼HSK 5
不赞成 不贊成 bù zàn chéng disapproval; to disapprove ∼HSK 5
挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way; to block the path ∼HSK 5
啐 啐 cuì to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping; to surprise ∼HSK 5
礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status ∼HSK 5
滤 濾 lǜ strain out, filter ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
仟 仟 qiān one thousand; leader of one thousand men ∼HSK 5
驰 馳 chí go quickly or swiftly; hurry ∼HSK 5
杓 杓 biāo handle of cup, ladle, spoon; name of a constellation ∼HSK 5
烧饼 燒餅 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake ∼HSK 5
礼金 禮金 lǐ jīn monetary gift ∼HSK 5
肃静 肅靜 sù jìng solemnly silent ∼HSK 5
作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner); to treat; to pick up the check ∼HSK 5
舒坦 舒坦 shū tan comfortable; at ease ∼HSK 5
赶时髦 趕時髦 gǎn shí máo to keep up with the latest fashion ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
抬高 抬高 tái gāo to raise (price etc) ∼HSK 5
弹子 彈子 dàn zi slingshot pellet; playing marbles; billiards ∼HSK 5
舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
糗 糗 Qiǔ parched wheat or rice; broken grain ∼HSK 5
大豆 大豆 dà dòu soybean ∼HSK 5
腐 腐 fǔ rot, decay, spoil; rotten ∼HSK 5
叭 叭 bā trumpet ∼HSK 5
嗦 嗦 suō suck ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
锁上 鎖上 suǒ shàng to lock; to lock up ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
有如 有如 yǒu rú to be like sth; similar to; alike ∼HSK 5
嘘 噓 xū exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
鸡婆 雞婆 jī pó (dialect) hen; prostitute; (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô]) ∼HSK 5
呕 嘔 ǒu vomit; annoy, enrage ∼HSK 5