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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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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北镇 北鎮 Běi zhèn Beizhen, county-level city in Jinzhou, Liaoning Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刑部 刑部 Xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阜城县 阜城縣 Fù chéng xiàn Fucheng county in Hengshui, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
崇祯 崇禎 Chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辽东 遼東 Liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇太极 皇太極 Huáng Tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci, reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty, then founded the Qing dynasty and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor; posthumous name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
上官 上官 Shàng guān two-character surname Shangguan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杀进 殺進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林冲 林沖 Lín Chōng Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 Qí tiān Dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
泉州 泉州 Quán zhōu Quanzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
卢 盧 Lú cottage, hut; surname; black ∼HSK 4
川 川 Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
韦 韋 Wéi tanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178 ∼HSK 4
自焚 自焚 zì fén self-immolation ∼HSK 4
文书 文書 wén shū document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat ∼HSK 4
坊 坊 Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
三法司 三法司 sān fǎ sī the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China) ∼HSK 4
要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub; major crossroad ∼HSK 4
烦请 煩請 fán qǐng (courteous) would you please... ∼HSK 4
买官 買官 mǎi guān to buy an official title; to use wealth to acquire office ∼HSK 4
卫士 衛士 wèi shì guardian; defender ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
嘉 嘉 Jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
把守 把守 bǎ shǒu to guard ∼HSK 4
翻身 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes ∼HSK 4
子子孙孙 子子孫孫 zǐ zǐ - sūn sūn (idiom) one's posterity ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
官差 官差 guān chāi official business; government workmen; odd-job men ∼HSK 4
众目睽睽 眾目睽睽 zhòng mù - kuí kuí (idiom) (under) the public eye; the stares of many people ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription; (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity ∼HSK 4
冰片 冰片 bīng piàn borneol ∼HSK 4
安好 安好 ān hǎo safe and sound; well ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4