Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings 2018
狄仁杰之四大天王
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak human language and the pillar sculptures in the palace coming alive.
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Vocabulary
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| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 于 於 | to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于 | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 明目张胆 明目張膽 | openly and without fear; brazenly | Idiom |
| 调虎离山 調虎離山 | to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom); to lure an enemy away from his territory | Idiom |
| 旁门左道 旁門左道 | dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group | Idiom |
| 下马威 下馬威 | display of severity immediately on taking office; (fig.) initial show of strength | Idiom |
| 快马加鞭 快馬加鞭 | to spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible | Idiom |
| 借刀杀人 借刀殺人 | to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom) | Idiom |
| 背水一战 背水一戰 | lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die | Idiom |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 胡来 胡來 | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 滚蛋 滾蛋 | get out of here!; beat it! | Xiehouyu |
| 劳神 勞神 | to be a tax on (one's mind); to bother; to trouble; to be concerned | Xiehouyu |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 破烂 破爛 | worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk | Colloquialism |
| 估计 估計 | to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose | Colloquialism |
| 锏 鐧 | kind of rapier | |
| 狄 狄 | tribe from northern china; surnam | |
| 亢 亢 | high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name | |
| 幻 幻 | illusion, fantasy, mirage | |
| 魔 魔 | demon | |
| 臣 臣 | minister, statesman, official | |
| 媚 媚 | charming, attractive; flatter | |
| 侯 侯 | marquis, lord; target in archery | |
| 誓 誓 | swear, pledge; oath | |
| 谏 諫 | remonstrate, admonish | |
| 圣 聖 | holy, sage | |
| 陀 陀 | steep bank, rough terrain | |
| 朕 朕 | I/We (royal we, used by emperors) | |
| 琉璃 琉璃 | colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object | |
| 驹 駒 | colt; fleet, swift; sun; surname | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 丞 丞 | assist, aid, rescue | |
| 瞻 瞻 | look; look out for; respect | |
| 伽 伽 | used in the transliteration of Greek letters |