Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower 2006

mǎnchéngjìndàihuángjīnjiǎ

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

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4.63 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 65%

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zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
滿 mǎn satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction HSK 2
jiē dào to receive (letter etc) HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
night HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
gǎi to change; to alter; to transform; to correct HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
yǒng yuǎn forever; eternal HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
used in 俟 HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
gǎi biàn to change; to alter; to transform HSK 2
qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
duì squadron; team; group HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2