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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已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
飞鱼 飛魚 Fēi yú Exocet (missile) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
交差 交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
人头 人頭 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
打更 打更 dǎ gēng to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
妓院 妓院 jì yuàn brothel; whorehouse ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
接住 接住 jiē zhù to catch (sth thrown etc); to receive (sth given); to accept ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
掉包 掉包 diào bāo variant of ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
见长 見長 jiàn cháng to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: to be known for one's research) ∼HSK 2
通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs; (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) ∼HSK 2
具 具 jù tool, implement; draw up, write ∼HSK 2
在下面 在下面 zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2