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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祸起萧墙 禍起蕭牆 huò qǐ xiāo qiáng 祸: misfortune, calamity, disaster · 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin · 萧: common artemisia; dejected · 墙: wall Idiom ∼HSK 7
人弃我取 人棄我取 rén qì wǒ qǔ 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 弃: reject, abandon, discard · 我: our, us, i, me, my, we · 取: take, receive, obtain; select Idiom ∼HSK 7
愚公移山 愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way Idiom HSK 7
引人注目 引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
外公 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
接济 接濟 jiē jì to give material assistance to HSK 7
戈壁 戈壁 Gē bì Gobi (desert) HSK 7
柏树 柏樹 bǎi shù cypress tree; Taiwan pr. [bó shù] HSK 7
珍重 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! HSK 7
帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain HSK 7
斟酌 斟酌 zhēn zhuó to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim HSK 7
红薯 紅薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato HSK 7
照例 照例 zhào lì as a rule; as usual; usually HSK 7
继母 繼母 jì mǔ stepmother HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit HSK 7
合情合理 合情合理 hé qíng hé lǐ reasonable and fair (idiom) HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
恩惠 恩惠 ēn huì favor; grace HSK 7
根基 根基 gēn jī foundation HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
子弟 子弟 zǐ dì child; the younger generation HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7
庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
相当于 相當於 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to HSK 7
黏 黏 nián sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
垫底 墊底 diàn dǐ to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
互助 互助 Hù zhù Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海东地区, Qinghai HSK 7
总额 總額 zǒng é total (amount or value) HSK 7
蜜月 蜜月 mì yuè honeymoon HSK 7
僵 僵 jiāng rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse) HSK 7