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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端 端 duān end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular HSK 6
负 負 fù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
搭 搭 dā to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
印 印 yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly HSK 6
股 股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
作 作 zuò to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
闹鬼 鬧鬼 nào guǐ haunted Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
骆驼 駱駝 luò tuo camel (CL:,,); (coll.) blockhead; ninny Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
秒 秒 miǎo second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly Colloquialism HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
邱 邱 Qiū surname; hill; mound; grave ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
晋 晉 Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5
窖 窖 jiào pit, cellar ∼HSK 5
官府 官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
厘 釐 lí thousandth part of tael ∼HSK 5
驭 馭 yù drive, ride; manage, control ∼HSK 5
杀气 殺氣 shā qì murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
汇兑 匯兌 huì duì remittance; funds paid to a bank account ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
恭 恭 gōng respectful, polite, reverent ∼HSK 5
至诚 至誠 zhì chéng sincere ∼HSK 5
大义 大義 dà yì righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
诈 詐 zhà cheat, defraud, swindle; trick ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5