Bodyguards and Assassins 2009
十月围城
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.
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Vocabulary
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| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 水深火热 水深火熱 | deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom) | Idiom |
| 光明正大 光明正大 | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open | Idiom |
| 高升 高升 | to get a promotion | Xiehouyu |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 重阳 重陽 | Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month | Proper Noun |
| 九龙城寨 九龍城寨 | Kowloon Walled City | Proper Noun |
| 中国日报 中國日報 | China Daily (an English language newspaper) | Proper Noun |
| 围城 圍城 | Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu, filmed as a TV serial | Proper Noun |
| 静海 靜海 | Jinghai, a district of Tianjin; Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature) | Proper Noun |
| 防城 防城 | Fangcheng district of Fangchenggang city, Guangxi | Proper Noun |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 重光 重光 | to recover one's sight; (fig.) to recover (lost territories) | |
| 朝廷 朝廷 | court; imperial household; dynasty | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 复明 復明 | to restore the Ming dynasty | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 势 勢 | power, force; tendency | |
| 报馆 報館 | newspaper office | |
| 常时 常時 | frequently; often; usually; regularly | |
| 提亲 提親 | to propose marriage | |
| 源 源 | spring; source, head; surname | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 殖民 殖民 | colony; colonial | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 父 父 | father; KangXi radical 88 | |
| 富商 富商 | rich merchant | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 糕点 糕點 | cakes; pastries | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 出力 出力 | to exert oneself | |
| 实时 實時 | (in) real time; instantaneous | |
| 世风 世風 | public morals | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 打伤 打傷 | to injure; to wound; to damage | |
| 乱子 亂子 | disturbance; trouble | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 各界 各界 | all walks of life; all social circles |