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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老子 老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
南京 南京 Nán jīng Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广州 廣州 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
汉口 漢口 Hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
前门 前門 Qián mén Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
有一些 有一些 yǒu yī xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
老二 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
京 京 Jīng capital city ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
分行 分行 fēn háng branch of bank or store; subsidiary bank ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
分号 分號 fēn hào semicolon (punct.) ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
教会 教會 jiāo huì to show; to teach ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
东家 東家 dōng jiā master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
手下 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
号外 號外 hào wài (newspaper) extra; special number (of a periodical) ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
商家 商家 shāng jiā merchant; business; enterprise ∼HSK 1