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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| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 聋哑 聾啞 | deaf and dumb | |
| 常年 常年 | all year round; for years on end; average year | |
| 不值 不值 | not worth | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 忠心 忠心 | good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 内外 內外 | inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 养老 養老 | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement | |
| 揭 揭 | to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 驻 駐 | to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) | |
| 大使 大使 | ambassador; envoy | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 债 債 | debt | |
| 重建 重建 | to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 抵达 抵達 | to arrive; to reach (a destination) | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 救援 救援 | to save; to support; to help; to assist | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 税 稅 | taxes; duties | |
| 监督 監督 | to control; to supervise; to inspect | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 野 埜 | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means |