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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| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 现身 現身 | to show oneself; to appear; (of a deity) to appear in the flesh | |
| 器 器 | receptacle, vessel; instrument | |
| 长年 長年 | all the year round | |
| 将会 將會 | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to | |
| 面谢 面謝 | to thank sb personally; to thank sb to his face | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 所有人 所有人 | everyone; owner | |
| 假借 假借 | to make use of; to use sth as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic asso | |
| 几度 幾度 | how many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle); several degrees; to what degree; to what extent | |
| 沦为 淪為 | to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior) | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 西南 西南 | southwest | |
| 走过 走過 | to walk past; to pass by | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 等于 等於 | to equal; to be tantamount to | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 全身 全身 | the whole body; (typography) em | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 相同 相同 | identical; same | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 大量 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done |