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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年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
明知 明知 míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
倒影 倒影 dào yǐng inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down) ∼HSK 2
篮 籃 lán basket ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
用完 用完 yòng wán used up; finished ∼HSK 2
油灯 油燈 yóu dēng oil lamp ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
流出 流出 liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
向南 向南 xiàng nán southward ∼HSK 2
由着 由著 yóu zhe let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
重新开始 重新開始 chóng xīn kāi shǐ to resume; to restart; to start afresh ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
或多或少 或多或少 huò duō huò shǎo more or less ∼HSK 2
晴 晴 qíng clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
北方 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
春天 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
等到 等到 děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
平常 平常 píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
不一定 不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2
大小 大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2
全身 全身 quán shēn the whole body; (typography) em HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
碰到 碰到 pèng dào to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
不久 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
故意 故意 gù yì deliberately; on purpose HSK 2