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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| 尽速 盡速 | as quick as possible | |
| 收服 收服 | to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe | |
| 言之有理 言之有理 | 言: words, speech; speak, say · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 理: reason, logic; manage | |
| 御赐 御賜 | to be bestowed by the emperor | |
| 市井 市井 | marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people | |
| 谣传 謠傳 | rumor | |
| 打消 打消 | to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 守丧 守喪 | to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning | |
| 公办 公辦 | state-run | |
| 宅院 宅院 | house; house with a courtyard | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 一探究竟 一探究竟 | to check out; to investigate | |
| 速速 速速 | quickly | |
| 真伪 真偽 | true or bogus; authenticity | |
| 迷魂香 迷魂香 | a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 中伏 中伏 | 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 | |
| 异己 異己 | dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others | |
| 作乱 作亂 | to rebel; to rise in revolt | |
| 真凶 真兇 | culprit | |
| 孔洞 孔洞 | small hole in an object | |
| 杀身之祸 殺身之禍 | (idiom) getting killed | |
| 俯视 俯視 | to overlook; to look down at | |
| 障眼法 障眼法 | diversionary tactic; smokescreen | |
| 滴水 滴水 | water drop; dripping water | |
| 毒液 毒液 | venom; poisonous fluid | |
| 余生 餘生 | the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) | |
| 卖命 賣命 | 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) | |
| 攻入 攻入 | to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport) | |
| 妖孽 妖孽 | evil omen, monster | |
| 应天顺时 應天順時 | lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven; the Divine Right of kings | |
| 殉葬 殉葬 | (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead | |
| 启奏 啟奏 | report to the emperor | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 避险 避險 | to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge | |
| 军情 軍情 | military situation; military intelligence | |
| 拂晓 拂曉 | daybreak; approach of dawn | |
| 设伏 設伏 | to prepare an ambush; to waylay | |
| 遵旨 遵旨 | obey the decree | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 斗胆 斗膽 | (courteous) to be so bold as to | |
| 苍天 蒼天 | firmament | |
| 滥杀 濫殺 | to kill indiscriminately; to massacre | |
| 重臣 重臣 | important minister; major figure in government | |
| 存亡 存亡 | to live or die; to exist or perish | |
| 谋略 謀略 | stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness | |
| 苟且 苟且 | perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex) | |
| 惫懒 憊懶 | naughty; mischievous person | |
| 忤逆 忤逆 | disobedient to parents |