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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shè miǎn to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment ∼HSK 5
shù forgive ∼HSK 5
open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
tái to lift up ∼HSK 5
xiàn mèi to ingratiate oneself with; to pander to ∼HSK 5
shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
xié lead by hand, take with; carry ∼HSK 5
Qīn respect, admire; respectful ∼HSK 5
Lóng prosperous, plentiful, abundant ∼HSK 5
zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
zhuāng zuò to pretend; to feign; to act a part ∼HSK 5
zhī qíng to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation ∼HSK 5
yào poison ∼HSK 5
pray; entreat, beseech ∼HSK 5
zhēn reach, arrive; utmost, superior ∼HSK 5
ài (usually used in the negative) major issue; serious problem; big deal ∼HSK 5
gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
jǐn to remember with reverence; to bear in mind; to keep in mind ∼HSK 5
xīn láo laborious ∼HSK 5
shè ad hoc; to set up specially ∼HSK 5
bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
chǒu shì scandal ∼HSK 5
zhì throw, hurl, cast, fling ∼HSK 5
resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
xiāo owl thus, something evil ∼HSK 5
to confer a title on (an empress or a prince) ∼HSK 5
zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
guǎ cut, cut flesh from bones ∼HSK 5
rèn píng no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) ∼HSK 5
Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
zhāo bright, luminous; illustrious ∼HSK 5
jiāng boundary, border, frontier ∼HSK 5
rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
exclamatory particle ∼HSK 5
寿 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
what (literary) ∼HSK 5
miǎn inevitably HSK 5
shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
tíng incessant HSK 5
zài (not) any more HSK 5
gēn suí to follow HSK 5
děng hòu to wait; to wait for HSK 5
huí to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) HSK 5
miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
chéng to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) HSK 5