Bodyguards and Assassins

Bodyguards and Assassins 2009

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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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4.17 Intermediate Director Teddy Chan 🍅 50%

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Huáng Xīng Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1916 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Fén jiǔ Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Jiāng Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Shàng Shangsi County in Fangchenggang, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
tíng shǒu to stop (what one is doing) ∼HSK 2
fèn Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
shàng jiē to go onto the streets; to go shopping ∼HSK 2
bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
亿 wàn millions and millions ∼HSK 2
miàn literal; typeface ∼HSK 2
yīn mái haze ∼HSK 2
piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
tóu the first ∼HSK 2
Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
chá fēng to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down ∼HSK 2
zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2
jiǎ xīng xīng (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side ∼HSK 2
yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes; very soon ∼HSK 2
dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
pīn tou lover; mistress ∼HSK 2
zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
wán toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
lǎo I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2