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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| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 愚蠢 愚蠢 | silly; stupid | |
| 部署 部署 | to dispose; to deploy; deployment | |
| 睁 睜 | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 尊严 尊嚴 | dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 使命 使命 | mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling | |
| 撤 撤 | to remove; to take away | |
| 腐败 腐敗 | corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten | |
| 帝国 帝國 | empire; imperial | |
| 理念 理念 | idea; concept; philosophy; theory | |
| 统治 統治 | to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 事务 事務 | (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database) | |
| 惩罚 懲罰 | penalty; punishment; to punish | |
| 民众 民眾 | the populace; the masses; the common people | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 港 港 | harbor; port | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 怀孕 懷孕 | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 得知 得知 | to find out; to learn of | |
| 跟踪 跟蹤 | to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking | |
| 武装 武裝 | arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces) | |
| 革命 革命 | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 一一 一一 | one by one; one after another | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 孤注一掷 孤注一擲 | to stake all on one throw | Idiom |
| 卧薪尝胆 臥薪嘗膽 | lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge | Idiom |
| 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 | to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence | Idiom |
| 千载难逢 千載難逢 | extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon | Idiom |