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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有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
马贼 馬賊 mǎ zéi horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits ∼HSK 6
剑客 劍客 jiàn kè swordsman ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán - wú gù (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down ∼HSK 6
闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country ∼HSK 6
转制 轉製 zhuǎn zhì to convert; to reprocess; to turn (sth) into ∼HSK 6
鸟笼 鳥籠 niǎo lóng birdcage ∼HSK 6
仇怨 仇怨 chóu yuàn hatred and desire for revenge ∼HSK 6
一见如故 一見如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight ∼HSK 6
解冻 解凍 jiě dòng to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc) ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
盘缠 盤纏 pán chán to twine; to coil ∼HSK 6
落泊 落泊 luò bó down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional ∼HSK 6
飘泊 飄泊 piāo bó variant of ∼HSK 6
耕田 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil; to till fields ∼HSK 6
打劫 打劫 dǎ jié to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack ∼HSK 6
行侠仗义 行俠仗義 xíng xiá zhàng yì to be chivalrous ∼HSK 6
伏击 伏擊 fú jī ambush; to ambush ∼HSK 6
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil; good versus evil ∼HSK 6
诵经 誦經 sòng jīng to chant the sutras ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
逆风 逆風 nì fēng to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
凝望 凝望 níng wàng to gaze at; to stare fixedly at ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
很难说 很難說 hěn nánshuō Hard to say HSK 6
出行 出行 chū xíng to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip) HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
追究 追究 zhuī jiū to investigate; to look into HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
孤儿 孤兒 gū ér orphan HSK 6
四处 四處 sì chù all over the place; everywhere and all directions HSK 6
企图 企圖 qǐ tú to attempt; to try; attempt HSK 6
从没 從沒 cóng méi never (in the past); never did HSK 6
同一 同一 tóng yī identical; the same HSK 6
街头 街頭 jiē tóu street HSK 6
蹲 蹲 dūn to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) HSK 6
伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound; cut HSK 6
险 險 xiǎn danger; dangerous; rugged HSK 6
宫 宮 gōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6