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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tài crown prince ∼HSK 1
tài imperial physician ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
huí běn to recoup one's investment ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
èr second brother ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
shí more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
guò zhòng overweight (luggage) ∼HSK 1
yuè the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
wèi military rank ∼HSK 1
kòu jiàn to kowtow in salute ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
jìn jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor) ∼HSK 1
jiào huì (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
xiǎo my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
sān third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
xué to study medicine ∼HSK 1
bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
shàng shū to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
shí fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1