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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| 黄兴 黃興 | 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 |
| 汾酒 汾酒 | Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor) | Proper Noun |
| 江苏 江蘇 | Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing | Proper Noun |
| 上思 上思 | Shangsi County in Fangchenggang, Guangxi | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 倒楣 倒楣 | variant of | |
| 史 史 | history, chronicle, annals | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 万岁 萬歲 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | |
| 走向 走向 | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for | |
| 停手 停手 | to stop (what one is doing) | |
| 份子 份子 | Taiwan variant of | |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 亿万 億萬 | millions and millions | |
| 字面 字面 | literal; typeface | |
| 阴霾 陰霾 | haze | |
| 片名 片名 | movie title | |
| 头一 頭一 | the first | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 伊 伊 | third person pronoun; he, she, this, that | |
| 天亮 天亮 | to grow light (at daybreak) | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 载 載 | load; carry; transport, convey | |
| 查封 查封 | to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down | |
| 做为 做為 | to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 | |
| 假惺惺 假惺惺 | (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 吃饱 吃飽 | to eat one's fill | |
| 介 介 | forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor | |
| 难为 難為 | 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) | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 想像 想像 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 大头 大頭 | 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 | |
| 眼见 眼見 | to see with one's own eyes; very soon | |
| 带给 帶給 | to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 姘头 姘頭 | lover; mistress | |
| 在下面 在下面 | underneath | |
| 玩意 玩意 | toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) | |
| 备 備 | prepare, ready, perfect | |
| 干掉 幹掉 | to get rid of | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 老夫 老夫 | I (spoken by an old man) |