Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time 1994

东邪西毒 dōng xié xī dú

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.

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3.66 Beginner Director Wong Kar-Wai 🍅 79%

Cast

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Ouyang Feng / Western Venom Brigitte Lin Brigitte Lin Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Huang Yaoshi / Eastern Heretic Carina Lau Carina Lau Peach Blossom Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Blind Swordsman Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei Girl with Mule Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau Hong Qi / Northern Beggar Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Feng's Sister-in-Law 白丽 Hong Qi's wife

Vocabulary

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生前 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life; while living HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
伤痕 傷痕 shāng hén scar; bruise HSK 7
当今 當今 dāng jīn current; present; now; nowadays HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
流泪 流淚 liú lèi to shed tears HSK 7
巧合 巧合 qiǎo hé coincidence; coincidental; to coincide HSK 7
介意 介意 jiè yì to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
灿烂 燦爛 càn làn to glitter; brilliant; splendid HSK 7
弱点 弱點 ruò diǎn weak point; failing HSK 7
行走 行走 xíng zǒu to walk HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
掩饰 掩飾 yǎn shì to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over HSK 7
自称 自稱 zì chēng to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title HSK 7
留意 留意 liú yì to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of HSK 7
临 臨 lín to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before HSK 7
不惜 不惜 bù xī not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) HSK 7
滋味 滋味 zī wèi taste; flavor; feeling HSK 7
出手 出手 chū shǒu to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task HSK 7
人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person; candidate HSK 7
残忍 殘忍 cán rěn cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless HSK 7
筹 籌 chóu chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means HSK 7
擅长 擅長 shàn cháng to be good at; to be expert in HSK 7
抛弃 拋棄 pāo qì to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) HSK 7
借口 借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
欺骗 欺騙 qī piàn to deceive; to cheat HSK 7
烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
夜晚 夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
探 探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
生物 生物 shēng wù organism; living creature; life form; biological HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
放荡不羁 放蕩不羈 fàng dàng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake Idiom ∼HSK 6
山穷水尽 山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go Idiom ∼HSK 6
赤手空拳 赤手空拳 chì shǒu - kōng quán (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) Idiom ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6