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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可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
得 得 děi to have to; must; ought to; to need to HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
多事 多事 duō shì meddlesome; eventful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
燕国 燕國 Yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan (337-370), Later Yan (384-409), Southern Yan (398-410), N Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天外 天外 Tiān Wài abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
太岁 太歲 Tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year; archaic name for the planet Jupiter; nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
驴子 驢子 lǘ zi ass; donkey ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years ∼HSK 1