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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树大根深 樹大根深 shù dà gēn shēn 树: tree; plant; set up, establish · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 根: root, base(d on); foundation · 深: deep; depth; far; very, extreme Idiom ∼HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
偏方 偏方 piān fāng folk remedy; home remedy HSK 7
稍候 稍候 shāo hòu to wait a moment HSK 7
不服 不服 bù fú not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
眼红 眼紅 yǎn hóng to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly; time and again HSK 7
笛子 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
气馁 氣餒 qì něi to be discouraged HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
清淡 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) HSK 7
别致 別緻 bié zhì unusual; unique HSK 7
棋子 棋子 qí zǐ chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
功力 功力 gōng lì merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power HSK 7
亏损 虧損 kuī sǔn deficit; (financial) loss HSK 7
路子 路子 lù zi method; way; approach HSK 7
无非 無非 wú fēi only; nothing else HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
抽签 抽籤 chōu qiān to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots; a ballot (in share dealing) HSK 7
惊慌 驚慌 jīng huāng to panic; to be alarmed HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
攒 攢 cuán to bring together HSK 7
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than HSK 7
务必 務必 wù bì must; to need to; to be sure to HSK 7
活儿 活兒 huó r work; (lots of) things to do HSK 7
帮手 幫手 bāng shǒu helper; assistant HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
炼 煉 liàn to refine; to smelt HSK 7
路人 路人 lù rén passer-by; stranger HSK 7
痰 痰 tán phlegm; spittle HSK 7
功劳 功勞 gōng láo contribution; meritorious service; credit HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
心事 心事 xīn shì a load on one's mind; worry HSK 7
借用 借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use HSK 7
苍蝇 蒼蠅 cāng ying housefly HSK 7
点子 點子 diǎn zi spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer HSK 7
巷 巷 xiàng lane; alley HSK 7