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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藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books; library collection ∼HSK 6
家祖 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather ∼HSK 6
依着 依著 yī zhe in accordance with ∼HSK 6
置身事外 置身事外 zhì shēn - shì wài (idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it ∼HSK 6
外泄 外洩 wài xiè to leak (usually secret information) ∼HSK 6
善用 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use ∼HSK 6
感恩戴德 感恩戴德 gǎn ēn dài dé deeply grateful ∼HSK 6
家奴 家奴 jiā nú domestic slave; slave servant ∼HSK 6
仁厚 仁厚 rén hòu kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
贤能 賢能 xián néng sage ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
辞行 辭行 cí xíng to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
仇视 仇視 chóu shì to view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards ∼HSK 6
税款 稅款 shuì kuǎn tax payments ∼HSK 6
入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house; to obtain a residence permit ∼HSK 6
卧床 臥床 wò chuáng to lie in bed; bedridden; bed ∼HSK 6
市集 市集 shì jí fair; market (in a public place); small town ∼HSK 6
发丧 發喪 fā sāng to hold a funeral ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished ∼HSK 6
命脉 命脈 mìng mài lifeline ∼HSK 6
勒紧 勒緊 lēi jǐn to tighten ∼HSK 6
半截 半截 bàn jié half (of sth); halfway through ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
丧妻 喪妻 sàng qī to be bereaved of one's wife ∼HSK 6
续弦 續弦 xù xián (literary) (of a widower) to remarry ∼HSK 6
顺水 順水 shùn shuǐ with the current ∼HSK 6
婆姨 婆姨 pó yí (dialect) wife; married woman ∼HSK 6
邪门 邪門 xié mén strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices ∼HSK 6
功用 功用 gōng yòng function ∼HSK 6
衣食父母 衣食父母 yī shí fù mǔ the people one depends upon for one's livelihood; one's bread and butter ∼HSK 6
临危受命 臨危受命 lín wēi shòu mìng (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis ∼HSK 6
膝下 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) ∼HSK 6
有损 有損 yǒu sǔn to be harmful (to) ∼HSK 6
浮动 浮動 fú dòng to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable; (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float ∼HSK 6
隐忧 隱憂 yǐn yōu secret concern; private worry ∼HSK 6
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape; the same as before ∼HSK 6
连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden ∼HSK 6
烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
先知先觉 先知先覺 xiān zhī xiān jué having foresight; a person of foresight ∼HSK 6
用心良苦 用心良苦 yòng xīn liáng kǔ to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth ∼HSK 6
家训 家訓 jiā xùn instructions to one's children; family precepts ∼HSK 6
遗训 遺訓 yí xùn wishes of the deceased ∼HSK 6
俯仰 俯仰 fǔ yǎng lowering and raising of the head; (fig.) small move; pitch (position angle) HSK 6