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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| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 积累 積累 | to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 纷纷 紛紛 | one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 梦见 夢見 | to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream | |
| 穷人 窮人 | poor people; the poor | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 上个月 上個月 | last month | |
| 营业 營業 | to do business; to trade | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father | |
| 天真 天真 | naive; innocent; artless | |
| 汇 匯 | to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange | |
| 担保 擔保 | to guarantee; to vouch for | |
| 色彩 色彩 | tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 收回 收回 | to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 官方 官方 | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) | |
| 盐 鹽 | salt | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 负担 負擔 | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden | |
| 平均 平均 | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 承担 承擔 | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 面临 面臨 | to face sth; to be confronted with | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 户 戶 | a household; door; family | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 原则 原則 | principle; doctrine | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 卷 卷 | to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 切 切 | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash |