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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圣 聖 kū holy, sage ∼HSK 5
柏 柏 Bǎi cypress, cedar ∼HSK 5
不忍心 不忍心 bù rěn xīn can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
伸展 伸展 shēn zhǎn stretching; extension ∼HSK 5
挟 挾 jiā clasp under arm; hold to bosom ∼HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
同知 同知 tóng zhī government sub-prefect (old) ∼HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
时差 時差 shí chā time difference; time lag; jet lag HSK 5
不耐烦 不耐煩 bù nài fán impatient; to lose patience HSK 5
长寿 長壽 Cháng shòu Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
寿司 壽司 shòu sī sushi HSK 5
号召 號召 hào zhào to call; to appeal HSK 5
生成 生成 shēng chéng to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
煤气 煤氣 méi qì coal gas; gas (fuel) HSK 5
高大 高大 gāo dà tall; lofty; towering HSK 5
乙 乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 方, as opposed to 方); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105° HSK 5
珍珠 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
证书 證書 zhèng shū credentials; certificate HSK 5
注重 注重 zhù zhòng to pay attention to; to emphasize HSK 5
体力 體力 tǐ lì physical strength; physical power HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
猴子 猴子 hóu zi monkey HSK 5
客厅 客廳 kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room HSK 5
例外 例外 lì wài exception; to be an exception HSK 5
闲 閒 xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
餐馆 餐館 cān guǎn restaurant HSK 5
休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow HSK 5
糟 糟 zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
十足 十足 shí zú ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color) HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
客气 客氣 kè qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
一流 一流 yī liú top quality; front ranking HSK 5
兔子 兔子 tù zi hare; rabbit HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
物理 物理 wù lǐ physics; physical HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
暂停 暫停 zàn tíng to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player) HSK 5
漫画 漫畫 màn huà caricature; cartoon; Japanese manga HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
骗子 騙子 piàn zi swindler; a cheat HSK 5
天才 天才 tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted HSK 5
场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene; spectacle; occasion; situation HSK 5