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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斌 斌 bīn refined, having both appearance ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
旷 曠 kuàng extensive, wide, broad; empty ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
棺 棺 guān coffin ∼HSK 5
军饷 軍餉 jūn xiǎng a soldier's pay and provisions ∼HSK 5
禄 祿 lù blessing, happiness, prosperity ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
僮 僮 Zhuàng page, boy servant ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
峻 峻 jùn high, steep, towering; stern ∼HSK 5
杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
霉 黴 méi mold, mildew ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
令弟 令弟 lìng dì honorable little brother ∼HSK 5
妓 妓 jì prostitute ∼HSK 5
革 革 gé leather, animal hides; rad. 177 ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
惧 懼 jù fear, be afraid of, dread ∼HSK 5
匪 匪 fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
辅 輔 fǔ cheek bone; protective; assist ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
灼 灼 zhuó burn; broil; cauterize; bright ∼HSK 5
嫣 嫣 yān charming, fascinating; gay ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
牵连 牽連 qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
薛 薛 Xuē kind of marsh grass; feudal state ∼HSK 5
督察 督察 dū chá to supervise; to superintend; inspector; censorship ∼HSK 5
佥 僉 qiān all, together, unanimous ∼HSK 5
名册 名冊 míng cè roll (of names); register ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
对劲 對勁 duì jìn suitable; to one's liking; to get along together ∼HSK 5
诬 誣 wū make false accusation; defame ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
官府 官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
毫发 毫髮 háo fà a hair; the slightest ∼HSK 5
武官 武官 wǔ guān military official; military attaché ∼HSK 5
有资格 有資格 yǒu zī gé to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified ∼HSK 5
财宝 財寶 cái bǎo money and valuables ∼HSK 5