Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower 2006

满城尽带黄金甲 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%

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Emperor Ping Gong Li Gong Li Empress Phoenix Jay Chou Jay Chou Prince Zhai Liu Ye Liu Ye Crown Prince Wan Qin Junjie Qin Junjie Prince Yu Li Man Li Man Jiang Chan Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Imperial Physician Jiang Chen Jin Chen Jin Imperial Physician's Wife Siran Ge Siran Ge Maid Guo Jiulong Guo Jiulong Host of the Festival

Vocabulary

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臣妾 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
微臣 微臣 wēi chén this small official; humble servant ∼HSK 6
车驾 車駕 jū jià carriage ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
辰时 辰時 chén shí 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 6
茱萸 茱萸 zhū yú cornel (Cornus spp.) ∼HSK 6
服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
朝野 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people ∼HSK 6
满盈 滿盈 mǎn yíng full up ∼HSK 6
昏聩 昏聵 hūn kuì muddle-headed ∼HSK 6
恩准 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
启奏 啟奏 qǐ zòu report to the emperor ∼HSK 6
忌日 忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death; inauspicious day ∼HSK 6
赴任 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
亲临 親臨 qīn lín to visit in person; to personally attend ∼HSK 6
边塞 邊塞 biān sài frontier fortress ∼HSK 6
磨砺 磨礪 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice ∼HSK 6
赐给 賜給 cì gěi to bestow; to give ∼HSK 6
善行 善行 shàn xíng good actions ∼HSK 6
入药 入藥 rù yào to use in medicine ∼HSK 6
开国承家 開國承家 kāi guó chéng jiā to found a state and pass it to one's heirs (idiom, from the Book of Changes) ∼HSK 6
无往不复 無往不復 wú wǎng bù fù nothing goes that does not return; all things come full circle (idiom, from the Book of Changes) ∼HSK 6
故而 故而 gù ér therefore ∼HSK 6
宜于 宜於 yí yú to be suitable for ∼HSK 6
君臣 君臣 jūn chén a ruler and his ministers (old) ∼HSK 6
重托 重託 zhòng tuō great trust ∼HSK 6
精挑细选 精挑細選 jīng tiāo xì xuǎn to select very carefully ∼HSK 6
肝火 肝火 gān huǒ irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver ∼HSK 6
脾胃 脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature) ∼HSK 6
垂范 垂範 chuí fàn (literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations) ∼HSK 6
早逝 早逝 zǎo shì early demise; untimely death ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement ∼HSK 6
委以重任 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn (literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
王储 王儲 wáng chǔ crown prince ∼HSK 6
肺腑 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) ∼HSK 6
蛊惑 蠱惑 gǔ huò to entice; to lead astray ∼HSK 6
意下如何 意下如何 yì xià rú hé how about it?; what do you think? ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
就寝 就寢 jiù qǐn to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary) ∼HSK 6
迎娶 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) ∼HSK 6
大狱 大獄 dà yù jail; prison ∼HSK 6