Vermilion Door

Vermilion Door 1965

红伶泪 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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戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater ∼HSK 5
令尊 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) ∼HSK 5
花旦 花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera ∼HSK 5
青衣 青衣 qīng yī black clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
胡同 胡同 hú tòng lane; alley HSK 5
回信 回信 huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
修养 修養 xiū yǎng accomplishment; training; self-cultivation HSK 5
舍得 捨得 shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
时常 時常 shí cháng often; frequently HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
挣钱 掙錢 zhèng qián to make money HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
清晨 清晨 qīng chén early morning HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
等候 等候 děng hòu to wait; to wait for HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
胆 膽 dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5
闲 閒 xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
糟 糟 zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
摘 摘 zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
犹豫 猶豫 yóu yù to hesitate HSK 5
客气 客氣 kè qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
打扰 打擾 dǎ rǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble HSK 5
决不 決不 jué bù not at all; simply (can) not HSK 5
挣 掙 zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
伸 伸 shēn to stretch; to extend HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
辞职 辭職 cí zhí to resign HSK 5
丑 丑 chǒu clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
耳朵 耳朵 ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
虎 虎 hǔ tiger HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
摔 摔 shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
认 認 rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
甲 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
一句话 一句話 yī jù huà in a word; in short HSK 5
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5