Empire of Silver 2009
白银帝国
In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 买卖 買賣 | buying and selling; business; business transactions | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 期望 期望 | to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope | |
| 局面 局面 | aspect; phase; situation | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 青 青 | abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 彼此 彼此 | each other; one another | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 |