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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| 屋顶 屋頂 | roof | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 壮 壯 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 不惜 不惜 | not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 念头 念頭 | thought; idea; intention | |
| 生死 生死 | life or death | |
| 降临 降臨 | to descend; to arrive; to come | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 钢 鋼 | steel | |
| 限 限 | to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound | |
| 下手 下手 | to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest | |
| 覆盖 覆蓋 | to cover | |
| 灌 灌 | to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 取代 取代 | to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution | |
| 使命 使命 | mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling | |
| 尚未 尚未 | not yet; still not | |
| 发作 發作 | to flare up; to break out | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 焦 焦 | burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 统治 統治 | to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime | |
| 灵感 靈感 | inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 回归 回歸 | to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 瓦 瓦 | roof tile; abbr. for 特 | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 持 持 | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control | |
| 引发 引發 | to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected |