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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牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
公主 公主 gōng zhǔ princess HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
最佳 最佳 zuì jiā optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) HSK 6
剑 劍 jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
英雄 英雄 yīng xióng hero HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
醉生梦死 醉生夢死 zuì shēng mèng sǐ as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence; in a drunken stupor Idiom ∼HSK 5
迟了 遲了 chí le late Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
骆驼 駱駝 luò tuo camel (CL:,,); (coll.) blockhead; ninny Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
驼 駝 tuó a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back ∼HSK 5
嫣 嫣 yān charming, fascinating; gay ∼HSK 5
追杀 追殺 zhuī shā to chase to kill ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
尉 尉 Wèi officer, military rank ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
官府 官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
清早 清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning; at daybreak ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
兄妹 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) ∼HSK 5
憎恨 憎恨 zēng hèn to detest; hatred ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
饮酒 飲酒 yǐn jiǔ drink wine ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
何尝 何嘗 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout; spray; belch; to well up; to puff out; to spurt out ∼HSK 5
耻 恥 chǐ shame, humiliation; ashamed ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
悄无声息 悄無聲息 qiǎo wú shēng xī quietly; noiselessly ∼HSK 5
有印象 有印象 yǒu yìn xiàng to have a recollection (of sb or sth); to remember ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5