Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010

狄仁杰之通天帝国 dírénjié zhī tōng tiāndì guó

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.

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5.4 Advanced Director Tsui Hark 🍅 80%

Cast

Andy Lau Andy Lau Detective Dee Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Shangguan Jing'er Deng Chao Deng Chao Pei Donglai Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Shatuo Zhong Carina Lau Carina Lau Wu Zetian Richard Ng Yiu-Hon Richard Ng Yiu-Hon Wang Lu (before face-lift) Teddy Robin Teddy Robin Wang Lu (after face-lift) Liu Jinshan Liu Jinshan Xue Yong Yao Lu Yao Lu Li Xiao Wang Deshun Wang Deshun Xiazi Ling

Vocabulary

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未定之天 未定之天 wèi dìng zhī tiān 未: not yet; 8th terrestrial branch · 定: decide, settle, fix · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial Idiom ∼HSK 7
片甲不留 片甲不留 piàn jiǎ bù liú 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep Idiom ∼HSK 7
一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean Idiom HSK 7
水落石出 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light Idiom HSK 7
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means Idiom HSK 7
挑拨 挑撥 tiǎo bō to incite disharmony; to instigate Xiehouyu HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
骤然 驟然 zhòu rán suddenly; abruptly HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
瞻仰 瞻仰 zhān yǎng to revere; to admire HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
遮挡 遮擋 zhē dǎng to shelter; to shelter from HSK 7
穴位 穴位 xué wèi acupuncture point; location of a grave HSK 7
顺应 順應 shùn yìng to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
不慎 不慎 bù shèn incautious; inattentive HSK 7
特邀 特邀 tè yāo special invitation HSK 7
礼节 禮節 lǐ jié etiquette HSK 7
推论 推論 tuī lùn to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion HSK 7
瘟疫 瘟疫 wēn yì plague; pestilence HSK 7
作对 作對 zuò duì to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair HSK 7
无故 無故 wú gù without cause or reason HSK 7
遛 遛 liù to stroll; to walk (an animal) HSK 7
势必 勢必 shì bì to be bound to; undoubtedly will HSK 7
幸免 倖免 xìng miǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate) HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
疑点 疑點 yí diǎn a doubtful point HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
曰 曰 yuē to speak; to say HSK 7
合乎 合乎 hé hū to accord with; to conform to HSK 7
看护 看護 kān hù to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse HSK 7
带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
其后 其後 qí hòu next; later; after that HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander HSK 7
换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into HSK 7
焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn; to set on fire HSK 7