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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| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 电 電 | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid |