Empire of Silver

Empire of Silver 2009

白银帝国 báiyín dìguó

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.

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4.4 Intermediate Director Christina Yao 🍅 59%

Cast

Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing Third Master Chang Lantian Chang Lantian Eunuch Zhang Tielin Zhang Tielin Master Kang Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly Mrs. Landdeck Hao Lei Hao Lei Madame Kang Ding Zhicheng Ding Zhicheng Manager Qui King Shih-chieh King Shih-chieh Manager Liu Jonathan Kos-Read Jonathan Kos-Read Pastor Landdeck Lei Zhenyu Lei Zhenyu Manager Dai Lü Zhong Lü Zhong Lu Sao

Vocabulary

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至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism 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
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
塞外 塞外 Sài wài (old) territories beyond the Great Wall Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
老佛爷 老佛爺 Lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛教徒 佛教徒 Fó jiào tú Buddhist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
光绪 光緒 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南洋 南洋 Nán yáng Southeast Asia; South seas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
戈壁沙漠 戈壁沙漠 Gē bì Shā mò Gobi Desert Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
义和团 義和團 Yì hé tuán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists; the Boxers (history) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八国联军 八國聯軍 Bā guó Lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
归化 歸化 Guī huà old name for district of Hohhot city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
花坛 花壇 Huā tán Huatan Township in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平顺 平順 Píng shùn Pingshun, county in Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
兑 兌 Duì cash; exchange ∼HSK 4
大户 大戶 dà hù great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
借款 借款 jiè kuǎn to lend money; to borrow money; loan ∼HSK 4
镖局 鏢局 biāo jú (old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
杜 杜 Dù stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
危局 危局 wēi jú perilous situation ∼HSK 4
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
联军 聯軍 lián jūn allied armies ∼HSK 4
放款 放款 fàng kuǎn to lend money (as a commercial loan) ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
自家 自家 zì jiā oneself; one's own family ∼HSK 4
汇水 匯水 huì shuǐ remittance fee ∼HSK 4
施 施 Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
雇用 僱用 gù yòng to employ; to hire ∼HSK 4
互 互 hù mutually, reciprocally ∼HSK 4
谅 諒 liàng excuse, forgive; guess, presume ∼HSK 4
三项 三項 sān xiàng three items; three events; three terms; tri-; trinomial, ternary (math.); triathlon ∼HSK 4