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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Vocabulary

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大恩大德 大恩大德 dà ēn dà dé great kindness and great virtue (idiom); a profound debt of gratitude Idiom ∼HSK 7
胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face; humiliation Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
向着 向著 xiàng zhe towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor Colloquialism HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
算盘 算盤 suàn pán abacus; plan; scheme HSK 7
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it HSK 7
不平 不平 bù píng uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
打搅 打攪 dǎ jiǎo to disturb; to trouble; to bother HSK 7
预兆 預兆 yù zhào omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
叫好 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud; to cheer HSK 7
争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
瞧不起 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
敷衍 敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
受骗 受騙 shòu piàn to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
性情 性情 xìng qíng nature; temperament HSK 7
惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about HSK 7
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage HSK 7
脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains; mind; head; way of thinking HSK 7
趁机 趁機 chèn jī to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation HSK 7
敲诈 敲詐 qiāo zhà to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail HSK 7
分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7