Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time 1994

西 dōng xié

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%

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yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
yuǎn xíng a long journey; far from home ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
duì lái shuō as far as I'm concerned ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
dōng fēng easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances ∼HSK 1
huì yào dynastic records of imperial China ∼HSK 1
huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
may not ∼HSK 1
gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
xiǎo the self; the individual ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
guì gēng your age (honorific) ∼HSK 1
ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
shì therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
xià bàn tiān afternoon ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
(adjective) other ∼HSK 1
zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side ∼HSK 1
yǒu fēng windy ∼HSK 1
huì yǒu to make friends; to meet friends; member of the same organization ∼HSK 1
xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1