Brotherhood of Blades 2014
绣春刀
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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Vocabulary
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| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 名单 名單 | list of names | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 离 离 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 一般 一般 | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 故事 故事 | old practice | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) |