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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尽速 盡速 jìn sù as quick as possible ∼HSK 6
收服 收服 shōu fú to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe ∼HSK 6
言之有理 言之有理 yán zhī yǒu lǐ to make good sense; what you say is reasonable (idiom) ∼HSK 6
御赐 御賜 yù cì to be bestowed by the emperor ∼HSK 6
市井 市井 shì jǐng marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people ∼HSK 6
谣传 謠傳 yáo chuán rumor ∼HSK 6
打消 打消 dǎ xiāo to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
守丧 守喪 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning ∼HSK 6
公办 公辦 gōng bàn state-run ∼HSK 6
宅院 宅院 zhái yuàn house; house with a courtyard ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
一探究竟 一探究竟 yī tàn jiū jìng to check out; to investigate ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
真伪 真偽 zhēn wěi true or bogus; authenticity ∼HSK 6
迷魂香 迷魂香 mí hún xiāng a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
中伏 中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather, which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year ∼HSK 6
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others ∼HSK 6
作乱 作亂 zuò luàn to rebel; to rise in revolt ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
孔洞 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object ∼HSK 6
杀身之祸 殺身之禍 shā shēn zhī huò (idiom) getting killed ∼HSK 6
俯视 俯視 fǔ shì to overlook; to look down at ∼HSK 6
障眼法 障眼法 zhàng yǎn fǎ diversionary tactic; smokescreen ∼HSK 6
滴水 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop; dripping water ∼HSK 6
毒液 毒液 dú yè venom; poisonous fluid ∼HSK 6
余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) ∼HSK 6
卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) ∼HSK 6
攻入 攻入 gōng rù to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport) ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
应天顺时 應天順時 yìng tiān shùn shí lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven; the Divine Right of kings ∼HSK 6
殉葬 殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead ∼HSK 6
启奏 啟奏 qǐ zòu report to the emperor ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
避险 避險 bì xiǎn to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge ∼HSK 6
军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation; military intelligence ∼HSK 6
拂晓 拂曉 fú xiǎo daybreak; approach of dawn ∼HSK 6
设伏 設伏 shè fú to prepare an ambush; to waylay ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
滥杀 濫殺 làn shā to kill indiscriminately; to massacre ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
存亡 存亡 cún wáng to live or die; to exist or perish ∼HSK 6
谋略 謀略 móu lüè stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness ∼HSK 6
苟且 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex) ∼HSK 6
惫懒 憊懶 bèi lǎn naughty; mischievous person ∼HSK 6
忤逆 忤逆 wǔ nì disobedient to parents ∼HSK 6