Vermilion Door

Vermilion Door 1965

红伶泪 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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Vocabulary

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势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married ∼HSK 3
婚事 婚事 hūn shì wedding; marriage ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
转送 轉送 zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else); to transfer sb (to another hospital etc) ∼HSK 3
罪名 罪名 zuì míng charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation ∼HSK 3
抓去 抓去 zhuā qù to arrest and take away ∼HSK 3
包银 包銀 bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) ∼HSK 3
一时半会儿 一時半會兒 yī shí bàn huì r a short time; a little while ∼HSK 3
难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
性急 性急 xìng jí impatient ∼HSK 3
人证物证 人證物證 rén zhèng wù zhèng human testimony and material evidence ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
老古板 老古板 lǎo gǔ bǎn overly conservative; old-fashioned; old fogey; a square ∼HSK 3
心头 心頭 xīn tóu one's heart; one's mind ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
小春 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn ∼HSK 3
抗 抗 kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
太古 太古 tài gǔ immemorial ∼HSK 3
心地 心地 xīn dì character ∼HSK 3
抓药 抓藥 zhuā yào to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine) ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
子女 子女 zǐ nǚ children; sons and daughters HSK 3
初中 初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
干吗 幹嗎 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
屋子 屋子 wū zi house; room HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
订 訂 dìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order HSK 3
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
赶到 趕到 gǎn dào to hurry (to some place) HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
整理 整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
造 造 zào to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3