House of Flying Daggers 2004
十面埋伏
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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Vocabulary
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| 不快 不快 | unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp | Xiehouyu |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 比不上 比不上 | can't compare with | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 小妹 小妹 | little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 过人 過人 | to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 有别 有別 | different; distinct; unequal; variable | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 上前 上前 | to advance; to step forward | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 小女 小女 | my daughter (humble) | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 拿下 拿下 | to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) | |
| 昨日 昨日 | yesterday | |
| 右手 右手 | right hand; right-hand side | |
| 左手 左手 | left hand; left-hand side | |
| 行事 行事 | to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 真真 真真 | really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 事关重大 事關重大 | the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential |