Bodyguards and Assassins

Bodyguards and Assassins 2009

十月围城 shíyuè wéichéng

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%

Cast

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Sum Chung-Yang Wang Xueqi Wang Xueqi Li Yu-Tang Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Prof. Chen Xiaobai Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Ah Si / Deng Si-Di Hu Jun Hu Jun General Yan Xiao-Guo Eric Tsang Chi-Wai Eric Tsang Chi-Wai HK Police Chief Shi Mi-Fu Chris Lee Yuchun Chris Lee Yuchun Fang Hong Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing Yuet-yu Zhou Yun Zhou Yun Ah Suen Mengke Bateer Mengke Bateer Stinky Tofu

Vocabulary

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苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙文 孫文 Sūn Wén the original name of, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙中山 孫中山 Sūn Zhōng shān Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清廷 清廷 Qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满清 滿清 Mǎn Qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
来港 來港 lái Gǎng to come to Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天星码头 天星碼頭 Tiān xīng mǎ tóu Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中国同盟会 中國同盟會 Zhōng guó Tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满清政府 滿清政府 Mǎn Qīng zhèng fǔ Manchurian Qing government Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潮州 潮州 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
惠州 惠州 Huì zhōu Huizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
希腊文 希臘文 Xī là wén Greek literature Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林肯 林肯 Lín kěn Lincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
老佛爷 老佛爺 Lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美利坚 美利堅 Měi lì jiān America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
耶鲁大学 耶魯大學 Yē lǔ Dà xué Yale University Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港警察 香港警察 Xiāng gǎng Jǐng chá Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同盟会 同盟會 Tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宋教仁 宋教仁 Sòng Jiào rén Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港元 港元 gǎng yuán Hong Kong dollar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八国联军 八國聯軍 Bā guó Lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清政府 清政府 Qīng zhèng fǔ Qing government (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
十面埋伏 十面埋伏 Shí miàn Mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莆田 莆田 Pú tián Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
少林 少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英帝国 大英帝國 Dà yīng Dì guó British Empire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扬州 揚州 Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新军 新軍 Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄花岗起义 黃花崗起義 Huáng huā gǎng qǐ yì Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武昌起义 武昌起義 Wǔ chāng Qǐ yì Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
社长 社長 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc) ∼HSK 4
报效 報效 bào xiào render service to repay kindness ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
卒 䘚 zú soldier; servant; at last, finally ∼HSK 4
共和 共和 gòng hé republic; republicanism ∼HSK 4
邓 鄧 Dèng surname ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
有责任 有責任 yǒu zé rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
不详 不詳 bù xiáng not in detail; not quite clear ∼HSK 4
流亡 流亡 liú wáng to force into exile; to be exiled; in exile ∼HSK 4