Curse of the Golden Flower 2006
满城尽带黄金甲
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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Vocabulary
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| 兵变 兵變 | mutiny; (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army | |
| 旗 旂 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 王位 王位 | title of king; kingship | |
| 域 域 | district, region, boundary; land | |
| 智 智 | wisdom, knowledge, intelligence | |
| 按时 按時 | on time; before deadline; on schedule | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 尽力 盡力 | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 列 列 | to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 期间 期間 | period of time; time; time period; period | |
| 投入 投入 | to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 重阳 重陽 | Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month | Proper Noun |
| 高台 高臺 | Gaotai county in Zhangye, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 控 控 | accuse, charge; control | |
| 退下 退下 | to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down | |
| 寅时 寅時 | 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |