Vermilion Door 1965
红伶泪
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.
Vocabulary
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| 势 勢 | power, force; tendency | |
| 成亲 成親 | to get married | |
| 婚事 婚事 | wedding; marriage | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 转送 轉送 | to pass (sth) on (to sb else); to transfer sb (to another hospital etc) | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 抓去 抓去 | to arrest and take away | |
| 包银 包銀 | contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) | |
| 一时半会儿 一時半會兒 | a short time; a little while | |
| 难保 難保 | hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 性急 性急 | impatient | |
| 人证物证 人證物證 | human testimony and material evidence | |
| 刀子 刀子 | knife | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 老古板 老古板 | overly conservative; old-fashioned; old fogey; a square | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 小春 小春 | 10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn | |
| 抗 抗 | resist, oppose, defy, reject | |
| 太古 太古 | immemorial | |
| 心地 心地 | character | |
| 抓药 抓藥 | to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine) | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 推开 推開 | to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 子女 子女 | children; sons and daughters | |
| 初中 初中 | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 赶到 趕到 | to hurry (to some place) | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future |