Vermilion Door

Vermilion Door 1965

hóng líng lèi

The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.

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shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
xiān huā flower; fresh flowers HSK 4
shāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever HSK 4
lèi tears HSK 4
jade HSK 4
jìng zi mirror HSK 4
dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
tái shàng on stage HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
tóng qíng to sympathize with; sympathy HSK 4
sǎo to sweep HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
yǎn lèi tears; crying HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
xiǎng niàn to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again HSK 4
jiǔ bar; pub; saloon HSK 4
huá to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) HSK 4
jiàng to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
zhàng fu husband HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4