An Empress and the Warriors 2008
江山美人
After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
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Vocabulary
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| 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 | more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw | Idiom |
| 虎视眈眈 虎視眈眈 | lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); fig. to eye covetously | Idiom |
| 两败俱伤 兩敗俱傷 | both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins | Idiom |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 燕 燕 | swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy | |
| 臣 臣 | minister, statesman, official | |
| 刃 刃 | edged tool, cutlery, knife edge | |
| 将士 將士 | officers and soldiers | |
| 霸 覇 | tyrant, dominate | |
| 仗 仗 | rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry | |
| 刁 刁 | tricky, crafty | |
| 战败 戰敗 | to lose a war | |
| 从军 從軍 | to enlist; to serve in the army | |
| 敌军 敵軍 | enemy troops; hostile forces | |
| 遗诏 遺詔 | posthumous edict (of former emperor) | |
| 杀敌 殺敵 | to attack the enemy | |
| 誓 誓 | swear, pledge; oath | |
| 问罪 問罪 | to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish | |
| 军营 軍營 | barracks; army camp | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 痕 痕 | scar; mark; trace | |
| 攻打 攻打 | to attack (the enemy) | |
| 杀戮 殺戮 | to massacre; to slaughter | |
| 战事 戰事 | war; hostilities; fighting | |
| 谕 諭 | proclaim, instruct; edict | |
| 饥 飢 | hunger, starving; hungry; a famine | |
| 多礼 多禮 | too polite; overcourteous | |
| 战局 戰局 | war situation | |
| 侄子 姪子 | brother's son; nephew | |
| 倘 倘 | if, supposing, in event of | |
| 从头到尾 從頭到尾 | from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) | |
| 遗 遺 | lose; articles lost; omit | |
| 效忠 效忠 | to vow loyalty and devotion to | |
| 胆敢 膽敢 | to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) | |
| 遵从 遵從 | to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors) | |
| 立国 立國 | to found a country | |
| 祖 祖 | ancestor, forefather; grandfather | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 妇人 婦人 | married woman | |
| 惧 懼 | fear, be afraid of, dread | |
| 捱 捱 | put off, procrastinate; endure | |
| 速 速 | fast | |
| 绝非 絕非 | absolutely not | |
| 毒性 毒性 | toxicity | |
| 誓言 誓言 | to pledge; to promise; oath; vow | |
| 妄 妄 | absurd, foolish, reckless; false | |
| 猜度 猜度 | to surmise; to conjecture | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 蜂后 蜂后 | queen bee | |
| 稀有 稀有 | uncommon; rare |