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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| 马厩 馬廄 | stable | |
| 抉择 抉擇 | to choose (literary) | |
| 极大 極大 | maximum; enormous | |
| 困顿 困頓 | fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken; in straitened circumstances | |
| 传给 傳給 | to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to | |
| 白菜 白菜 | Chinese cabbage; pak choi | |
| 老百姓 老百姓 | ordinary people; the "person in the street" | |
| 规范 規範 | norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify | |
| 必然 必然 | inevitable; certain; necessity | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 夏 夏 | summer | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 各地 各地 | in all parts of (a country); various regions | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 纪念 紀念 | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 生存 生存 | to exist; to survive | |
| 结合 結合 | to combine; to link; to integrate; binding | |
| 资格 資格 | qualifications; seniority | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means |