Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings 2018

狄仁杰之四大天王 dírénjié zhī sìdàtiānwáng

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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6.16 Advanced Director Tsui Hark 🍅 58%

Cast

Mark Chao Mark Chao Detective Dee William Feng William Feng Yuchi Zhenjin Carina Lau Carina Lau Wu Zetian Lin Gengxin Lin Gengxin Shatuo Zhong Ma Sichun Ma Sichun Shui Yue Ethan Juan Ethan Juan Master Yuan Ce Tiger Xu Tiger Xu Yi An Sun Jiaolong Sun Jiaolong Phantom Blade Chen Weiran Chen Weiran Hong Yuanyu Zhang Aoyue Zhang Aoyue Huan Tian Zhenren

Vocabulary

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戒备森严 戒備森嚴 jiè bèi sēn yán heavily-guarded ∼HSK 5
敝 敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
法师 法師 fǎ shī Dharma master ∼HSK 5
应战 應戰 yìng zhàn to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it ∼HSK 5
超生 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb; to have more children than allowed under family planning policy ∼HSK 5
星宿 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) ∼HSK 5
社稷 社稷 shè jì state; country; the Gods of earth and grain ∼HSK 5
欺 欺 qī bully, deceive ∼HSK 5
有如 有如 yǒu rú to be like sth; similar to; alike ∼HSK 5
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview ∼HSK 5
霸 覇 bà tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
匪 匪 fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
窃 竊 qiè secretly, stealthily; steal; thief ∼HSK 5
冒出来 冒出來 mào chū lái to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
贬 貶 biǎn decrease, lower; censure, criticize ∼HSK 5
下毒 下毒 xià dú to put poison in sth; to poison ∼HSK 5
腻 膩 nì greasy, oily, dirty; smooth ∼HSK 5
财路 財路 cái lù livelihood ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command ∼HSK 5
大言不惭 大言不慚 dà yán bù cán to boast shamelessly; to talk big ∼HSK 5
仕 仕 shì official; serve government ∼HSK 5
心绪 心緒 xīn xù state of mind; mood ∼HSK 5
打入 打入 dǎ rù to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc); to banish to; to relegate to; to insert; to inject; to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
毒蛇 毒蛇 dú shé viper ∼HSK 5
藤 籐 téng rattan, cane; creeper plant ∼HSK 5
鹞 鷂 yào sparrow hawk; kite shaped like ∼HSK 5
冲击力 衝擊力 chōng jī lì force of impact or thrust ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
觅 覓 mì seek; search ∼HSK 5
仕途 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
挣得 掙得 zhèng dé to earn (income); to make (money) ∼HSK 5
绊脚石 絆腳石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block; obstacle; someone who gets in your way ∼HSK 5
辨 辨 biàn distinguish, discriminate ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
置于 置於 zhì yú to place in; to put in (a position) ∼HSK 5
成何体统 成何體統 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal!; Whatever next? ∼HSK 5
巡视 巡視 xún shì to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
徙 徙 xǐ (literary) to change one's residence ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
铸 鑄 zhù melt, cast; coin, mint ∼HSK 5
神器 神器 shén qì magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool ∼HSK 5