Full River Red

Full River Red 2023

mǎnjiānghóng

During China's Song Dynasty, a mysterious murder occurs at Chancellor Quin Hui's palace after meeting delegates from the neighboring Jin Dynasty. The members become embroiled not just in a murder mystery, but a larger conspiracy concerning the fate of the empire.

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5.54 Advanced Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 94%

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Yuè Fēi Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qín Huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滿 Mǎn jiāng hóng Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lán Shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiōng Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yáng jiā jiàng Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guì yīng Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
dài Budai (the Laughing Buddha); Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhèng tǒng Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yán two-character surname Huyan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shàng shū same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Méng Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bāo Qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yān huā liǔ xiàng red-light district Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鴿 Fēi Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hàn wén Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4zhou1], the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
dān on a single day ∼HSK 4
doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
bu see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] ∼HSK 4
Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
怀 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
wèi shá dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5] ∼HSK 4
assassin ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
when? ∼HSK 4
to tattoo ∼HSK 4
xián fàn criminal suspect ∼HSK 4
shā sandy beach or river bank; sand dune; sandy land ∼HSK 4
kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
xiào yòng usefulness; effectiveness; (economics) utility ∼HSK 4
xíng to assassinate ∼HSK 4
cóng whence?; where from? ∼HSK 4
lùn rén whoever ∼HSK 4
guà shuài to be in command; (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized ∼HSK 4
banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4