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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就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
一路顺风 一路順風 yī lù shùn fēng to have a pleasant journey (idiom) Idiom HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
福建 福建 Fú jiàn Fujian Province, capital Fuzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西安 西安 Xī ān Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province; Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大发 大發 Dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
从今以后 從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
天成 天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside! ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
四海 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world ∼HSK 2
收条 收條 shōu tiáo receipt ∼HSK 2
年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior ∼HSK 2
假惺惺 假惺惺 jiǎ xīng xīng (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
平平常常 平平常常 píng píng cháng cháng nothing out of the ordinary; unglamorous ∼HSK 2
一排 一排 yī pái row ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
全份 全份 quán fèn complete set ∼HSK 2
酒钱 酒錢 jiǔ qián tip ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
向西 向西 xiàng xī westward ∼HSK 2
向南 向南 xiàng nán southward ∼HSK 2