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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| 老爹 老爹 | (dialect) father; old man; sir | |
| 惦念 惦念 | to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 下贱 下賤 | humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 不提也罢 不提也罷 | best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it | |
| 斯文 斯文 | refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle | |
| 赶不上 趕不上 | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 父女 父女 | father and daughter | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 晾 晾 | to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder | |
| 出台 出臺 | to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage; to appear publicly; (of a bar girl) to leave with a client | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 坡 坡 | slope; sloping; slanted | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 名誉 名譽 | fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 井 井 | a well; neat; orderly | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support |