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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太虚 太虛 Tài xū Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刑部 刑部 Xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺卿 大理寺卿 Dà lǐ sì qīng Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阳曲 陽曲 Yáng qǔ Yangqu county in Taiyuan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兵部 兵部 Bīng bù Ministry of War (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扬州 揚州 Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
磐石 磐石 Pán shí Panshi, county-level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周武王 周武王 Zhōu Wǔ wáng King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汴州 汴州 Biàn zhōu old name of Kaifeng Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
无极 無極 wú jí everlasting; unbounded ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
刺客 刺客 cì kè assassin ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
羽林 羽林 yǔ lín armed escort ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
兵符 兵符 bīng fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was require ∼HSK 4
暗算 暗算 àn suàn to plot against ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
巾 巾 jīn kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor; the top of a building ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
源自 源自 yuán zì to originate from ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
兵马 兵馬 bīng mǎ troops and horses; military forces ∼HSK 4
民生 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood; people's welfare ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
入狱 入獄 rù yù to go to jail; to be sent to prison ∼HSK 4
地底 地底 dì dǐ subterranean; underground ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
翻修 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road); to overhaul ∼HSK 4
何在 何在 hé zài where?; what place? ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4