House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers 2004

shímiànmái

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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4.54 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 87%

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Vocabulary

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duō jiǔ (of time) how long?; (not) a long time HSK 2
zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart HSK 2
chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
xiǎng way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
pái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc HSK 2
fāng xiàng direction; orientation HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
nián qīng young HSK 2
shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
jiǎ fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
tóng yàng same; equal; equivalent HSK 2
duō many; a lot of; much HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲ HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
bān same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
xiǎng dào to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate HSK 2
gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
liǎn face HSK 2
huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
perhaps; maybe HSK 2
xuǎn to choose; to pick; to select; to elect HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2