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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| 学以致用 學以致用 | to study sth in order to apply it | |
| 授业 授業 | to teach; to bequeath | |
| 充饥 充飢 | to allay one's hunger | |
| 绝粮 絕糧 | provisions are exhausted; out of food | |
| 挨饿 挨餓 | to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished | |
| 愚钝 愚鈍 | stupid; slow-witted | |
| 吞灭 吞滅 | to absorb | |
| 逞强好胜 逞強好勝 | eager to outdo others and bent on winning (idiom); aggressively competitive | |
| 文武之道 文武之道 | lit. the way of King Wen and King Wu (idiom); fig. alternating tension and relaxation; the principle of balance in work and rest | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 和而不同 和而不同 | to be in harmony while retaining differences (idiom); harmonious but not conformist | |
| 迎击 迎擊 | to face an attack; to repulse the enemy | |
| 驱走 驅走 | to drive away | |
| 谢罪 謝罪 | to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault | |
| 父母之邦 父母之邦 | one's native land; fatherland (idiom) | |
| 好学 好學 | easy to learn | |
| 必修 必修 | (of an academic course) required; compulsory | |
| 兴旺 興旺 | prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | |
| 近日 近日 | (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days | |
| 加盟 加盟 | to become a member of an alliance or union; to align; to join; participate | |
| 山坡 山坡 | hillside | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 先锋 先鋒 | vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde | |
| 远方 遠方 | far away; a distant location | |
| 山谷 山谷 | valley; ravine | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 马车 馬車 | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy | |
| 防范 防範 | to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive | |
| 城堡 城堡 | castle; rook (chess piece) | |
| 出动 出動 | to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops | |
| 应对 應對 | to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response | |
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 村庄 村莊 | village; hamlet | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 对外 對外 | external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 意愿 意願 | aspiration; wish (for); desire | |
| 信用 信用 | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that |