concubine
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Back in 1993, Farewell My Concubine - regarded as one of the great works of Chinese cinema - made it to the big screen.
From BBC • May 9, 2018
He first came to international attention with his portrayal of Cheng Dieyi, the androgynous Peking Opera star, for the film Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2018
Jiajing, the awful emperor, refers in his mind to one of his supposedly top-ranked concubines as “wretched Concubine What’s Her Name.”
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2015
At that moment a eunuch knelt beside the palanquin and invited the Imperial Concubine to proceed by boat.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2010
The Concubine ruled the Council, and the King was afraid to contradict her.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
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