Hero 2002
英雄
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
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| 一统天下 一統天下 | to unite the whole country under one rule (idiom); to bring all under heaven into one domain | Idiom |
| 各个击破 各個擊破 | to defeat them one by one (idiom); to crush the enemy piecemeal; to break down resistance individually | Idiom |
| 一草一木 一草一木 | lit. every blade of grass and every tree (idiom); fig. every little thing; all of nature | Idiom |
| 天下无敌 天下無敵 | unmatched in the world; invincible; without rival (idiom) | Idiom |
| 返朴归真 返樸歸真 | to return to one's true self; to return to nature; to recover one's original simplicity (idiom) | Idiom |
| 光明磊落 光明磊落 | open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright | Idiom |
| 不相上下 不相上下 | equally matched; about the same | Idiom |
| 想方设法 想方設法 | to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other | Idiom |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 乔装 喬裝 | to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself | |
| 连年 連年 | successive years; over many years | |
| 官吏 官吏 | bureaucrat; official | |
| 威慑 威懾 | to cower by military force; deterrence | |
| 遗愿 遺願 | final wishes of the departed | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 祭奠 祭奠 | to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service | |
| 精妙 精妙 | exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 合情合理 合情合理 | reasonable and fair (idiom) | |
| 纵横 縱橫 | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
| 托付 托付 | to entrust | |
| 就地 就地 | locally; on the spot | |
| 迟迟 遲遲 | late (with a task etc); slow | |
| 胸怀 胸懷 | one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish | |
| 历来 歷來 | always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time | |
| 狭小 狹小 | narrow | |
| 执意 執意 | to be determined to; to insist on | |
| 下棋 下棋 | to play chess | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 偏差 偏差 | bias; deviation | |
| 连夜 連夜 | that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row | |
| 相通 相通 | interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating | |
| 功力 功力 | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 阻拦 阻攔 | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 受苦 受苦 | to suffer hardship | |
| 心胸 心胸 | heart; mind; ambition; aspiration | |
| 掌管 掌管 | in charge of; to control | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 留心 留心 | to be careful; to pay attention to | |
| 分化 分化 | to split apart; differentiation | |
| 当众 當眾 | in public; in front of everybody | |
| 莫过于 莫過於 | nothing can surpass | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 圈套 圈套 | trap; snare; trick | |
| 知己 知己 | to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend | |
| 奏效 奏效 | to show results; to be effective | |
| 矣 矣 | classical final particle, similar to modern 了 | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 高山 高山 | high mountain; alpine mountain | |
| 藏身 藏身 | to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge |