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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趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
踩 跴 cǎi to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote HSK 6
赌 賭 dǔ to bet; to gamble HSK 6
毁 毀 huǐ to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander HSK 6
露 露 lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
料 料 liào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess HSK 6
托 托 tuō to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee HSK 6
足 足 jù excessive HSK 6
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot HSK 6
要么 要麼 yào me or; either one or the other HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
能否 能否 néng fǒu whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? HSK 6
党 黨 dǎng party; association; club; society HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
剑 劍 jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
两败俱伤 兩敗俱傷 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins Idiom ∼HSK 5
达官贵人 達官貴人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good Idiom ∼HSK 5
死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth Idiom ∼HSK 5
冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate; to pose under a false name Idiom ∼HSK 5
问心无愧 問心無愧 wèn xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience Idiom ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
仨 仨 sā (coll.) three (cannot be followed by a measure word) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
沈 沈 Shěn sink, submerge; addicted to; surname ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
彤 彤 Tóng red, vermilion; name of ancient ∼HSK 5
阉 閹 yān castrate; eunuch ∼HSK 5
靖 靖 Jìng pacify; appease; calm, peaceful ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father ∼HSK 5
靳 靳 Jìn surname Jin ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
抚 撫 fǔ pat, console, comfort; pacify ∼HSK 5
佩 佩 pèi belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect ∼HSK 5