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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镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 Idiom ∼HSK 4
落叶归根 落葉歸根 Luò yè guī gēn Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by, starring Idiom ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
大理寺 大理寺 Dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
狄仁杰 狄仁傑 Dí Rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee translated Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尉迟 尉遲 Yù chí two-character surname Yuchi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大唐 大唐 Dà Táng Great Tang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇城 皇城 Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三藏法师 三藏法師 Sān zàng fǎ shī monk who has mastered the scriptures; (esp.) Xuanzang (602-664) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
心经 心經 Xīn jīng the Heart Sutra Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三藏 三藏 Sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙王 龍王 Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玄武门之变 玄武門之變 Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大理寺卿 大理寺卿 Dà lǐ sì qīng Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
立春 立春 Lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 4th-18th February Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
梵文 梵文 Fàn wén Sanskrit Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大安 大安 Dà ān Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County, Taiwan; Da'an, county-level city in Baicheng, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
方术 方術 fāng shù arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc; supernatural arts (old) ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
族人 族人 zú rén clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
霍 霍 Huò quickly, suddenly; surname ∼HSK 4
茅厕 茅廁 máo si (dialect) latrine ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
多方 多方 duō fāng in many ways; from all sides ∼HSK 4
侠 俠 xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
坚 堅 jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
定当 定當 dìng dāng necessarily ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
平反 平反 píng fǎn to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
列队 列隊 liè duì in formation (military) ∼HSK 4
坊 坊 Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
天王 天王 tiān wáng emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also ∼HSK 4