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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得主 得主 dé zhǔ recipient (of an award); winner (in a competition) ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
陌生人 陌生人 mò shēng rén stranger ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼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
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
留守 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things ∼HSK 4
鸦片 鴉片 yā piàn opium (loanword) ∼HSK 4
不稳 不穩 bù wěn unstable; unsteady ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
圆场 圓場 yuán chǎng to mediate; to broker a compromise ∼HSK 4
智 智 zhì wisdom, knowledge, intelligence ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) ∼HSK 4
而后 而後 ér hòu after that; then ∼HSK 4
才德 才德 cái dé talent and virtue ∼HSK 4
刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence; penalty; punishment ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
朝拜 朝拜 cháo bài to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
子宫 子宮 zǐ gōng uterus; womb ∼HSK 4
有志气 有志氣 yǒu zhì qì ambitious ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
折煞 折煞 zhé shā variant of ∼HSK 4
汇费 匯費 huì fèi remittance fee ∼HSK 4
叩首 叩首 kòu shǒu to kowtow; also written ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
为父 為父 wéi fù term used by a father to refer to himself when speaking to his child ∼HSK 4
切记 切記 qiè jì remember at all costs ∼HSK 4
变作 變作 biàn zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 4
存户 存戶 cún hù depositor (in bank or shares) ∼HSK 4
和局 和局 hé jú draw; tied game ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
世界第一 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world; the world's first ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
到案 到案 dào àn to make an appearance in court ∼HSK 4
家底 家底 jiā dǐ family property; patrimony ∼HSK 4
烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death ∼HSK 4
开户 開戶 kāi hù to open an account (bank etc) ∼HSK 4
赈济 賑濟 zhèn jì to give relief aid ∼HSK 4
民心 民心 mín xīn popular sentiment ∼HSK 4
成材 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4