Brotherhood of Blades

Brotherhood of Blades 2014

绣春刀 xiù chūn dāo

In the late Ming Dynasty, three sworn brothers who serve as the imperial secret police are dispatched to hunt down Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch politician who had been forced to resign from his influential post and exiled from Beijing. The brothers return successfully from their quest, only to find that their task was but the beginning of a strange conspiracy.

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Cast

Chang Chen Chang Chen Shen Lian Liu Shishi Liu Shishi Zhou Miaotong Wang Qianyuan Wang Qianyuan Lu Jianxing Li Dongxue Li Dongxue Jin Yichuan Nie Yuan Nie Yuan Zhao Jingzhong King Shih-chieh King Shih-chieh Wei Zhongxian Ye Qing Ye Qing Zhang Yan Zhou Yiwei Zhou Yiwei Ding Xiu Zhu Dan Zhu Dan Wei Ting Zhao Lixin Zhao Lixin Han Kuang

Vocabulary

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严峻 嚴峻 yán jùn grim; severe; rigorous HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
必定 必定 bì dìng to be bound to; to be sure to HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
内阁 內閣 nèi gé (government) cabinet HSK 7
验 驗 yàn to examine; to test; to check HSK 7
擅自 擅自 shàn zì without permission HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
下令 下令 xià lìng to give an order; to command HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7
何处 何處 hé chù whence; where HSK 7
咳嗽 咳嗽 ké sou to cough HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
润 潤 rùn moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
迟早 遲早 chí zǎo sooner or later HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
骚扰 騷擾 sāo rǎo to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
陷 陷 xiàn pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
性命 性命 xìng mìng life HSK 7
赐 賜 cì to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
奔 奔 bēn to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope HSK 7
部署 部署 bù shǔ to dispose; to deploy; deployment HSK 7
下手 下手 xià shǒu to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest HSK 7
灌 灌 guàn to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) HSK 7
缠 纏 chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
胳膊 胳膊 gē bo arm HSK 7
服用 服用 fú yòng to take (medicine) HSK 7
功 功 gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
焦 焦 jiāo burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) HSK 7
监视 監視 jiān shì to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
催 催 cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
桩 樁 zhuāng stump; stake; pile; classifier for items HSK 7
驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
在意 在意 zài yì to care about; to mind HSK 7
事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database) HSK 7
痕迹 痕跡 hén jì vestige; mark; trace HSK 7
何时 何時 hé shí when HSK 7