Confucius 2010
孔子
In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of conquest for the warlike nation of Qi. Threatened with annihilation by their powerful neighbour, a desperate people turn to their greatest teacher to lead their most powerful army. When Confucius delivers a stunning victory against all odds, a jealous aristocracy sets out to destroy him, but they should never under-estimate a remarkable man whose wisdom is more powerful than the sword.
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Vocabulary
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| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 毕竟 畢竟 | after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 掌握 掌握 | to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 群龙无首 群龍無首 | lit. a thunder of dragons without a head; fig. a group lacking a leader | Idiom |
| 怀才不遇 懷才不遇 | to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent | Idiom |
| 卷土重来 卷土重來 | lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback | Idiom |
| 里应外合 裡應外合 | to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together | Idiom |
| 兵临城下 兵臨城下 | soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture | Idiom |
| 无用 無用 | useless; worthless | Xiehouyu |
| 笃定 篤定 | certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried | Xiehouyu |
| 怪事 怪事 | strange thing; curious occurrence | Xiehouyu |
| 出尔反尔 出爾反爾 | old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word; to blow hot and cold; to contradict oneself; inconsistent | Xiehouyu |
| 好色 好色 | to want sex; given to lust; lecherous; lascivious; horny | Xiehouyu |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |