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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| 自私 自私 | selfish; selfishness | |
| 奔 奔 | to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope | |
| 溜 溜 | to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate | |
| 捞 撈 | to fish up; to dredge up | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 地狱 地獄 | hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 局势 局勢 | situation; state (of affairs) | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 假装 假裝 | to feign; to pretend | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 桶 桶 | bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc) | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 恶 惡 | used in 恶心 | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | Idiom |
| 木已成舟 木已成舟 | lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone | Idiom |