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电影 · 霸王别姬
A film title that is also a 2,200-year-old scene: the warlord says goodbye.
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霸王别姬Bà wáng bié jīFarewell My Concubine — Chen Kaige, 1993
逐字 · CHARACTER BY CHARACTER
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸 | bà | overlord; to dominate |
| 王 | wáng | king |
| 别 | bié | to part from; do not |
| 姬 | jī | a lady; a consort |
霸王 is Xiang Yu, who lost the empire to the founder of the Han in 202 BC; 姬 is Consort Yu, who would not be left behind. The title is the opera the film is named for, and the opera is the history.
The title is a sentence: the Overlord parts from his lady.
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