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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邪乎 邪乎 xié hu extraordinary; severe; exaggerated; overstated; fantastic; incredible ∼HSK 6
宅邸 宅邸 zhái dǐ residence of a high-ranking official ∼HSK 6
严刑拷打 嚴刑拷打 yán xíng kǎo dǎ torture; interrogation by torture ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6
公报私仇 公報私仇 gōng bào sī chóu to use public office to avenge private wrongs ∼HSK 6
独一 獨一 dú yī only; unique ∼HSK 6
特赦 特赦 tè shè to grant a special pardon ∼HSK 6
凑足 湊足 còu zú to scrape together enough (people, money etc) ∼HSK 6
肺痨 肺癆 fèi láo tuberculosis ∼HSK 6
无利不起早 無利不起早 wú lì bù qǐ zǎo (saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so; won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
德行 德行 dé xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
窝囊 窩囊 wō nang to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly ∼HSK 6
烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire ∼HSK 6
撒野 撒野 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously ∼HSK 6
大权在握 大權在握 dà quán zài wò to be in a position of power ∼HSK 6
心腹 心腹 xīn fù trusted aide; confidant ∼HSK 6
焦炭 焦炭 jiāo tàn coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) ∼HSK 6
耍花样 耍花樣 shuǎ huā yàng to play tricks on sb ∼HSK 6
岔子 岔子 chà zi branch road; setback; accident; hiccup ∼HSK 6
丁香 丁香 dīng xiāng lilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum) ∼HSK 6
清查 清查 qīng chá to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) ∼HSK 6
查验 查驗 chá yàn inspection; to examine ∼HSK 6
御赐 御賜 yù cì to be bestowed by the emperor ∼HSK 6
滥杀无辜 濫殺無辜 làn shā wú gū willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) ∼HSK 6
勾当 勾當 gòu dàng shady business ∼HSK 6
凑齐 湊齊 còu qí to collect all the bits to make a whole ∼HSK 6
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) ∼HSK 6
余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration) ∼HSK 6
感恩戴德 感恩戴德 gǎn ēn dài dé deeply grateful ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
满门抄斩 滿門抄斬 mǎn mén chāo zhǎn to execute the whole family and confiscate their property ∼HSK 6
会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state ∼HSK 6
消停 消停 xiāo tíng to calm down; to stop; to pause; calmly; peaceful; restful ∼HSK 6
狗杂种 狗雜種 gǒu zá zhǒng son of a bitch; damn bastard ∼HSK 6
到此为止 到此為止 dào cǐ wéi zhǐ to stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day ∼HSK 6
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet ∼HSK 6
理当 理當 lǐ dāng should; ought ∼HSK 6
谕旨 諭旨 yù zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
身陷 身陷 shēn xiàn to be trapped; to be imprisoned ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
冤枉钱 冤枉錢 yuān wang qián wasted money; pointless expense ∼HSK 6
验明 驗明 yàn míng to ascertain; to identify; to verify (sb's identity etc) ∼HSK 6
覆灭 覆滅 fù miè destruction ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6