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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| 心仪 心儀 | to admire | |
| 舒缓 舒緩 | to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate; relaxed; easy and unhurried; leisurely; soothing; mild (slope) | |
| 纵论 縱論 | to talk freely | |
| 有损 有損 | to be harmful (to) | |
| 恩典 恩典 | favor; grace | |
| 朋党 朋黨 | clique | |
| 废旧 廢舊 | worn out; old-fashioned and dilapidated | |
| 临朝 臨朝 | to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) | |
| 生死之交 生死之交 | 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 死: die; dead; death · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 交: mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver | |
| 妙手 妙手 | miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 | |
| 奉上 奉上 | to offer | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 且慢 且慢 | to wait a moment; do not go too soon | |
| 浮出 浮出 | to emerge | |
| 仿古 仿古 | pseudo-classical; modeled on antique; in the old style | |
| 浑号 渾號 | nickname | |
| 上钩 上鉤 | to take the bait | |
| 盗贼 盜賊 | robber | |
| 穴道 穴道 | acupuncture point; acupoint | |
| 灭掉 滅掉 | to eliminate | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 消灾 消災 | to avoid calamities | |
| 缩头乌龟 縮頭烏龜 | a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken | |
| 有情 有情 | to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) | |
| 拘押 拘押 | to arrest; to take into custody | |
| 善后 善後 | to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 谋臣 謀臣 | imperial strategic adviser; expert on strategy | |
| 奉召 奉召 | to receive orders | |
| 昂扬 昂揚 | elated; high-spirited; uplifting (music) | |
| 缠身 纏身 | (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 大牢 大牢 | prison | |
| 抹去 抹去 | to erase | |
| 筋脉 筋脈 | veins | |
| 许诺 許諾 | promise; pledge | |
| 招徕 招徠 | to canvass (for customers); to solicit; to recruit | |
| 奉天承运 奉天承運 | 奉: offer; receive; serve; respect · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 承: inherit, receive; succeed · 运: run; simplified form of | |
| 笔墨 筆墨 | pen and ink; words; writing | |
| 夹缝 夾縫 | crack; crevice | |
| 忌惮 忌憚 | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear | |
| 逍遥物外 逍遙物外 | 逍: ramble, stroll, jaunt, loiter · 遥: far away, distant, remote · 物: thing, substance, creature · 外: out, outside, external; foreign | |
| 真伪 真偽 | true or bogus; authenticity | |
| 擅离职守 擅離職守 | to abscond; to be absent without leave | |
| 巡查 巡查 | to patrol | |
| 茅坑 茅坑 | latrine pit; latrine | |
| 紧盯 緊盯 | to gaze; to stare fixedly | |
| 查探 查探 | to check; to investigate; to probe (into) | |
| 先皇 先皇 | emperor of a former dynasty | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state |