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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| 风雨不测 風雨不測 | 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 雨: rain; rainy; KangXi radical 173 · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 测: measure, estimate, conjecture | Idiom |
| 知其一不知其二 知其一不知其二 | 知: know, perceive, comprehend · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 一: one; a, an; alone · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 知: know, perceive, comprehend · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 二: two; twice | Idiom |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 奔波 奔波 | to rush about; to be constantly on the move | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 冒险 冒險 | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 受过 受過 | to take the blame (for sb else) | |
| 华侨 華僑 | overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality | |
| 籍贯 籍貫 | one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace | |
| 连年 連年 | successive years; over many years | |
| 踏上 踏上 | to set foot on; to step on or into | |
| 少林寺 少林寺 | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | |
| 苦力 苦力 | bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 声势 聲勢 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | |
| 发源地 發源地 | place of origin; birthplace; source | |
| 封建 封建 | system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic | |
| 造福 造福 | to benefit (e.g. the people) | |
| 隐约 隱約 | vague; faint; indistinct | |
| 专制 專制 | autocracy; dictatorship | |
| 辫子 辮子 | plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle | |
| 合计 合計 | to add up the total; to figure what sth amounts to; to consider | |
| 屡 屢 | time and again; repeatedly; frequently | |
| 替身 替身 | stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else | |
| 诱饵 誘餌 | bait | |
| 阻拦 阻攔 | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 藏匿 藏匿 | to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 煽动 煽動 | to incite; to instigate | |
| 传单 傳單 | leaflet; flier; pamphlet | |
| 厚道 厚道 | kind and honest; generous; sincere | |
| 相继 相繼 | in succession; following closely | |
| 莫过于 莫過於 | nothing can surpass | |
| 筹划 籌劃 | to plan and prepare | |
| 执着 執著 | to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment | |
| 蜡 蠟 | candle; wax | |
| 启程 啟程 | to set out on a journey | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 抽签 抽籤 | to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots; a ballot (in share dealing) | |
| 葬 塟 | to bury (the dead); to inter | |
| 募捐 募捐 | to solicit contributions; to collect donations | |
| 抗争 抗爭 | to resist; to make a stand and fight (against) | |
| 宣扬 宣揚 | to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide | |
| 乞丐 乞丐 | beggar | |
| 插手 插手 | to get involved in; to meddle; interference |