Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms 2023
封神Ⅰ：朝歌风云
Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 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 | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 展示 展示 | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 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 | |
| 守土有责 守土有責 | duty to defend the country (idiom) | Idiom |
| 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 |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 封神榜 封神榜 | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | Proper Noun |
| 昆仑 崑崙 | Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 姜子牙 姜子牙 | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics | Proper Noun |
| 姜文 姜文 | Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director | Proper Noun |
| 大英 大英 | Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain | Proper Noun |
| 昆仑山 崑崙山 | Kunlun Mountain range | Proper Noun |
| 盘古 盤古 | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | Proper Noun |