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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Vocabulary

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shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
chéng qīn to get married ∼HSK 3
hūn shì wedding; marriage ∼HSK 3
gāi Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else); to transfer sb (to another hospital etc) ∼HSK 3
zuì míng charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation ∼HSK 3
zhuā to arrest and take away ∼HSK 3
bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) ∼HSK 3
shí bàn huì r a short time; a little while ∼HSK 3
nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
xìng impatient ∼HSK 3
rén zhèng zhèng human testimony and material evidence ∼HSK 3
dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
lǎo bǎn overly conservative; old-fashioned; old fogey; a square ∼HSK 3
xīn tóu one's heart; one's mind ∼HSK 3
shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn ∼HSK 3
kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
tài immemorial ∼HSK 3
xīn character ∼HSK 3
zhuā yào to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine) ∼HSK 3
Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline HSK 3
ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
children; sons and daughters HSK 3
chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) HSK 3
senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
gàn see 干嘛 HSK 3
běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
zi house; room HSK 3
chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
dìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order HSK 3
dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
gǎn dào to hurry (to some place) HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
zhěng to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
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
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3