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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| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 生产 生產 | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 舞台 舞臺 | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 初 初 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 板 板 | to catch sight of in a doorway (old) | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 不得不 不得不 | have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 会议 會議 | meeting; conference |