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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昭 昭 zhāo bright, luminous; illustrious ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
要义 要義 yào yì the essentials ∼HSK 5
弩 弩 nǔ cross-bow, bow; downward stroke ∼HSK 5
刃 刃 rèn edged tool, cutlery, knife edge ∼HSK 5
师弟 師弟 shīdì younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
勤 勤 qín industrious, diligent, attentive ∼HSK 5
出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor); house call ∼HSK 5
瞧见 瞧見 qiáo jiàn to see ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
请罪 請罪 qǐng zuì to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
两清 兩清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
袁 袁 Yuán robe; surname ∼HSK 5
崇 崇 Chóng esteem, honor, revere, venerate ∼HSK 5
焕 煥 huàn shining ∼HSK 5
祠 祠 cí ancestral temple; offer sacrifice ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same; different ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
大汗 大汗 dà hán supreme khan ∼HSK 5
叛 叛 pàn rebel; rebellion; rebellious ∼HSK 5
督 督 dū supervise, oversee, direct ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
舍得 捨得 shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
怨 怨 yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5
夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
摘 摘 zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
眼光 眼光 yǎn guāng gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
决不 決不 jué bù not at all; simply (can) not HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
打扮 打扮 dǎ ban to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
暖 㬉 nuǎn warm; to warm HSK 5
买卖 買賣 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
显 顯 xiǎn to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- HSK 5
动手 動手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5