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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4.0 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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de woman ∼HSK 1
gāo gāo xìng xìng cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily ∼HSK 1
zhàn tavern; guest house; inn; hotel ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
děng děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
fàng chū to let off; to give out ∼HSK 1
xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
wài kuài extra income ∼HSK 1
kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
tài crown prince ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
lǎo zi older female servant; amah ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
yuǎn mén (to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
cuò to err; to dial a wrong number; to make a typo ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1
yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
西 西 huài dōng xi bastard; scoundrel; rogue ∼HSK 1
kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
hái yòng shuō that goes without saying ∼HSK 1
shí cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten ∼HSK 1
huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
shuō to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for ∼HSK 1
jiā (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
zhèng zhèng neat; orderly; just in time ∼HSK 1
hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis ∼HSK 1
daytime; during the day ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
yào fàn to beg (for food or money) ∼HSK 1
shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
hǎo not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
kāi (of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out; to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera); to brawl; to come to blows ∼HSK 1
xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1