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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想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
武举 武舉 wǔ jǔ successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination ∼HSK 5
襄 襄 Xiāng aid, help, assist; undress ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
囚 囚 qiú prisoner, convict; confine ∼HSK 5
年幼 年幼 nián yòu young; underage ∼HSK 5
政事 政事 zhèng shì politics; government affairs ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power; be in power ∼HSK 5
大业 大業 dà yè great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
杀气 殺氣 shā qì murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger ∼HSK 5
琅 琅 láng a variety of white carnelian; pure ∼HSK 5
宴客 宴客 yàn kè to host a banquet; guest at a banquet ∼HSK 5
统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead; to command; commander; officer ∼HSK 5
鞭子 鞭子 biān zi whip ∼HSK 5
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force ∼HSK 5
口出狂言 口出狂言 kǒu chū kuáng yán to speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap ∼HSK 5
频 頻 pín frequently, again and again ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
钦 欽 Qīn respect, admire; respectful ∼HSK 5
惧怕 懼怕 jù pà to be afraid ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
恫吓 恫嚇 dòng hè to intimidate; to threaten ∼HSK 5
焚 焚 fén burn ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
怒 怒 nù anger ∼HSK 5
膳 膳 shàn meals, provisions, board ∼HSK 5
青瓜 青瓜 qīng guā (dialect) cucumber ∼HSK 5
毒性 毒性 dú xìng toxicity ∼HSK 5
抢先 搶先 qiǎng xiān to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
赦免 赦免 shè miǎn to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment ∼HSK 5
哉 哉 zāi particle (literary) ∼HSK 5
甲虫 甲蟲 jiǎ chóng beetle ∼HSK 5
急智 急智 jí zhì quick witted; able to think fast in an emergency ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
邑 邑 yì area, district, city, state ∼HSK 5
癞 癩 lài leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
赊欠 賒欠 shē qiàn to offer credit; credit transaction; to buy or sell on account ∼HSK 5
找麻烦 找麻煩 zhǎo má fan to look for trouble ∼HSK 5
硬要 硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action ∼HSK 5
进献 進獻 jìn xiàn to offer as tribute ∼HSK 5
毒物 毒物 dú wù poisonous substance; poison ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
谏 諫 Jiàn remonstrate, admonish ∼HSK 5
动武 動武 dòng wǔ to use force; to come to blows ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
到访 到訪 dào fǎng to pay a visit ∼HSK 5