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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要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
感激 感激 gǎn jī to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful HSK 7
甩 甩 shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
患 患 huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
山清水秀 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery Idiom ∼HSK 6
恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold sb indirectly; to make oblique accusations (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
打入冷宫 打入冷宮 dǎ rù - lěng gōng (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history Idiom ∼HSK 6
内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad Idiom ∼HSK 6
积重难返 積重難返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard Idiom ∼HSK 6
自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò - cōng míng (idiom) to think oneself clever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
明知故问 明知故問 míng zhī - gù wèn (idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
屈打成招 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
受宠若惊 受寵若驚 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
诏狱 詔獄 zhào yù imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor) ∼HSK 6
提督 提督 tí dū the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
婆娘 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) ∼HSK 6
俸禄 俸祿 fèng lù official's salary (in feudal times) ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
旗官 旗官 qí guān Manchurian official ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
赌徒 賭徒 dǔ tú gambler ∼HSK 6
师哥 師哥 shī gē older martial brother ∼HSK 6
蝼蚁 螻蟻 lóu yǐ lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power ∼HSK 6