Farewell to a Warrior

Farewell to a Warrior 1976

辞郎洲 cí láng zhōu

Disillusioned by years of futile bloodshed, General Chang Ta initially refuses the emperor’s call to defend the collapsing dynasty. It is his wife, Chen Pi-niang, a woman of exceptional intelligence and resolve, who urges him to answer his duty. At Tzu Lang Chow, she bids him farewell with a lock of her hair, a symbol of devotion and sacrifice, as he marches toward a seemingly hopeless battle. While Chang Ta fights at the front, Chen Pi-niang organizes local militias and leads a daring volunteer fleet of fishing boats to deliver supplies and strike the enemy. As defeat closes in and betrayal looms, husband and wife each face their fate with unyielding loyalty to their country.

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同生共死 同生共死 tóng shēng gòng sǐ to live and die together (idiom); to share life and death; bound together through thick and thin Idiom ∼HSK 7
令人莫测 令人莫測 lìng rén mò cè unfathomable; beyond anyone's guess; mysterious (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
千门万户 千門萬戶 qiān mén wàn hù lit. a thousand gates and ten thousand households (idiom); countless homes; a vast city or palace complex Idiom ∼HSK 7
金鼓齐鸣 金鼓齊鳴 jīn gǔ qí míng lit. gongs and drums all sounding together (idiom); fig. a great clamor of battle; deafening din Idiom ∼HSK 7
锦绣河山 錦繡河山 jǐn xiù hé shān lit. brocade rivers and mountains (idiom); fig. the beautiful land of one's country Idiom ∼HSK 7
巾帼英雄 巾幗英雄 jīn guó yīng xióng heroine (idiom); woman of heroic spirit Idiom ∼HSK 7
千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men Idiom HSK 7
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger Idiom HSK 7
惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking Idiom HSK 7
搁浅 擱淺 gē qiǎn to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop Xiehouyu HSK 7
损 損 sǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ Colloquialism HSK 7
宰 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
芦花 蘆花 lú huā reed catkin; reed flower HSK 7
腊月 臘月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month HSK 7
干戈 干戈 gān gē weapons of war; arms HSK 7
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
珍重 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! HSK 7
起程 起程 qǐ chéng to set out; to leave HSK 7
须知 須知 xū zhī key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind HSK 7
励志 勵志 lì zhì to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational HSK 7
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit HSK 7
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
长征 長征 Cháng zhēng Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935) HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself) HSK 7
凯歌 凱歌 kǎi gē triumphal hymn; victory song; paean HSK 7
刹那 剎那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
奋勇 奮勇 fèn yǒng dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
喧闹 喧鬧 xuān nào to make a noise; noisy HSK 7
担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility HSK 7
呼啸 呼嘯 hū xiào to whistle; to scream; to whiz HSK 7
火速 火速 huǒ sù at top speed; at a tremendous lick HSK 7
字迹 字跡 zì jì handwriting HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
真假 真假 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake; true or false HSK 7
敬重 敬重 jìng zhòng to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem HSK 7
胸怀 胸懷 xiōng huái one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
凿 鑿 záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
子弟 子弟 zǐ dì child; the younger generation HSK 7
丛 叢 cóng cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket HSK 7
迟疑 遲疑 chí yí to hesitate HSK 7
挽 挽 wǎn to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover HSK 7