Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010
狄仁杰之通天帝国
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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Vocabulary
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| 索 索 | large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated | |
| 揭开 揭開 | to uncover; to open | |
| 原处 原處 | original spot; previous place; where it was before | |
| 难测 難測 | hard to fathom | |
| 致死 致死 | to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly | |
| 浓度 濃度 | concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution); consistency; thickness; density; viscosity | |
| 守住 守住 | to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard | |
| 宣 宣 | declare, announce, proclaim | |
| 烦心 煩心 | annoying; vexing | |
| 天象 天象 | meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse) | |
| 明示 明示 | to state explicitly; to clearly indicate | |
| 归位 歸位 | to put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position; to return to one's seat (in a classroom) | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 道观 道觀 | Daoist temple | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 开方 開方 | (medicine) to write out a prescription; (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity | |
| 森严 森嚴 | strict; rigid; tight (security) | |
| 接应 接應 | to provide support; to come to the rescue | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 右方 右方 | right-hand side | |
| 守旧 守舊 | conservative; reactionary | |
| 侦查 偵查 | to detect; to investigate | |
| 自恃 自恃 | self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited | |
| 败类 敗類 | scum of a community; degenerate | |
| 另有 另有 | to have some other (reason etc) | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 厉 厲 | whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet | |
| 符咒 符咒 | charm; amulet (religious object conferring blessing) | |
| 申时 申時 | 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) | |
| 练兵 練兵 | to drill troops; army training | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 隶属 隸屬 | to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of | |
| 升官 升官 | to get promoted | |
| 案发 案發 | (of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered; to investigate a crime on the spot | |
| 阴森 陰森 | gloomy; sinister; eerie | |
| 高官 高官 | high official | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 用以 用以 | in order to; so as to | |
| 方子 方子 | prescription (of medicine) | |
| 症 症 | disease, illness, ailment | |
| 自焚 自焚 | self-immolation | |
| 直言 直言 | to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly | |
| 疑心 疑心 | suspicion; to suspect | |
| 乖乖 乖乖 | (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie | |
| 言说 言說 | to speak of; to refer to | |
| 回事儿 回事兒 | what's the matter |