Gone with the Bullets 2014
一步之遥
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.
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Vocabulary
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| 玄武 玄武 | Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky | Proper Noun |
| 黄浦江 黃浦江 | Huangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi (west of the river) and Pudong (east of the river) | Proper Noun |
| 泰山 泰山 | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains | Proper Noun |
| 江户 江戶 | Edo (old name of Tokyo) | Proper Noun |
| 莎士比亚 莎士比亞 | Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright | Proper Noun |
| 紫禁城 紫禁城 | the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as | Proper Noun |
| 霞飞 霞飛 | Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One | Proper Noun |
| 苏珊 蘇珊 | Susan (name) | Proper Noun |
| 美利坚 美利堅 | America | Proper Noun |
| 库尔 庫爾 | Chur (city in Switzerland) | Proper Noun |
| 维奇 維奇 | Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555); phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names | Proper Noun |
| 英国人 英國人 | British person; British people | Proper Noun |
| 恺撒 愷撒 | Caesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar | Proper Noun |
| 苏格兰 蘇格蘭 | Scotland | Proper Noun |
| 拉丁文 拉丁文 | Latin (language) | Proper Noun |
| 赛先生 賽先生 | "Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement; abbr. for; see also | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 皮埃尔 皮埃爾 | (name) Pierre | Proper Noun |
| 复旦 復旦 | Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 赫胥黎 赫胥黎 | Huxley (name); Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin; Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist | Proper Noun |
| 有劲儿 有勁兒 | Strength | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 大帅 大帥 | (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) | |
| 域 域 | district, region, boundary; land | |
| 卢 盧 | cottage, hut; surname; black | |
| 咱俩 咱倆 | the two of us | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 自个儿 自個兒 | (dialect) oneself; by oneself | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 施 施 | grant, bestow; give; act; name | |
| 娜 娜 | elegant, graceful, delicate | |
| 安南 安南 | Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam); Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century); Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period); old name fo | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 回事儿 回事兒 | what's the matter | |
| 法办 法辦 | to bring to justice; to punish according to the law | |
| 天王 天王 | emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also | |
| 武士 武士 | warrior; samurai | |
| 贝 貝 | sea shell; money, currency | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 骨 骨 | bone; skeleton; frame, framework | |
| 好些 好些 | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 戴上 戴上 | to put on (hat etc) | |
| 朗 朗 | clear, bright; distinct | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 边儿 邊兒 | side | |
| 小屋 小屋 | cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 日落 日落 | sundown; sunset | |
| 梦中 夢中 | in a dream |