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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| 意下如何 意下如何 | how about it?; what do you think? | |
| 捧上天 捧上天 | to praise to the skies; to shower with excessive praise | |
| 传颂 傳頌 | to eulogize; to pass on praise | |
| 公卿 公卿 | high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor | |
| 多事之秋 多事之秋 | (idiom) troubled times; eventful period | |
| 忙于 忙於 | busy with | |
| 呈报 呈報 | to (submit a) report | |
| 反叛 反叛 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 变生不测 變生不測 | unforeseen trouble suddenly breaks out (idiom); an unexpected calamity arises | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish | |
| 私产 私產 | private property | |
| 割据 割據 | to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation | |
| 叛贼 叛賊 | renegade; traitor | |
| 扎营 紮營 | to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] | |
| 逃窜 逃竄 | to run away; to flee in disarray | |
| 击溃 擊潰 | to defeat; to smash; to rout | |
| 要塞 要塞 | stronghold; fort; fortification | |
| 百余 百餘 | a hundred or more | |
| 国策 國策 | a national policy | |
| 成仁 成仁 | to die for a good cause | |
| 不仁 不仁 | not benevolent; heartless; numb | |
| 说辞 說辭 | excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments | |
| 趁虚而入 趁虛而入 | to take advantage of a weakness to slip in (idiom); to exploit an opening or vulnerability | |
| 失序 失序 | to get into disarray; to get out of whack | |
| 一无所成 一無所成 | to achieve nothing at all (idiom); to accomplish nothing despite one's efforts | |
| 攻坚 攻堅 | to assault a fortified position; (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission | |
| 上善若水 上善若水 | the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao") | |
| 一以贯之 一以貫之 | (idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end | |
| 身外之物 身外之物 | mere worldly possessions | |
| 苍茫 蒼茫 | boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon) | |
| 特使 特使 | special envoy; special ambassador | |
| 开堂 開堂 | to open a law court; to set up a mourning hall | |
| 尊命 尊命 | your order (honorific) | |
| 妖姬 妖姬 | (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine) | |
| 声名狼藉 聲名狼藉 | to have a bad reputation | |
| 落魄 落魄 | down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4] | |
| 窈窕淑女 窈窕淑女 | a gentle and graceful maiden; a fair lady (idiom, from the Book of Songs) | |
| 情爱 情愛 | affection; friendly feelings towards sb; love | |
| 邪念 邪念 | wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 诵读 誦讀 | to read aloud | |
| 为师 為師 | as your teacher | |
| 君王 君王 | monarch | |
| 贪财好色 貪財好色 | greedy for money and fond of women (idiom); covetous and lecherous | |
| 服侍 服侍 | to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also | |
| 鸟兽 鳥獸 | birds and beasts; fauna | |
| 隐居 隱居 | to live in seclusion | |
| 过孔 過孔 | (electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board) | |
| 奸计 奸計 | evil plan; evil schemes | |
| 不善 不善 | bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive |