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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4.21 Intermediate Director Lu Yang IMDb 6.6

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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血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
苏州 蘇州 Sū zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城门 城門 chéng mén city gate Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西直门 西直門 Xī zhí mén Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing; the main northwest gate of Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
明朝 明朝 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
京城 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
寅时 寅時 yín shí 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
补缺 補缺 bǔ quē to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency ∼HSK 3
追上 追上 zhuī shàng to overtake ∼HSK 3
保不住 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
银票 銀票 yín piào (in former times) banknote with a value in silver ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
指使 指使 zhǐ shǐ to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) ∼HSK 3
子时 子時 zǐ shí 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
嚣张 囂張 xiāo zhāng rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive ∼HSK 3
卯时 卯時 mǎo shí 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
身板 身板 shēn bǎn body; physique; physical condition ∼HSK 3
整日 整日 zhěng rì all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
一准 一準 yī zhǔn variant of ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
活路 活路 huó lù through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence ∼HSK 3
起火 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire; to cook; to get angry ∼HSK 3
新任 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
干系 干係 gān xì responsibility ∼HSK 3
麝香 麝香 shè xiāng musk ∼HSK 3
檀香 檀香 tán xiāng sandalwood ∼HSK 3
提领 提領 tí lǐng to withdraw (cash from an ATM) ∼HSK 3
管他 管他 guǎn tā no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
高强 高強 gāo qiáng excellent; outstanding ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
金银 金銀 jīn yín gold and silver ∼HSK 3