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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independent; independence; to stand alone HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
ér shì rather HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
duì regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
fēi dāo a throwing knife; fly cutter (machine tool) ∼HSK 3
suí fēng wind-borne; tossed about by the wind ∼HSK 3
shān clothing; unlined garment ∼HSK 3
线 yǒu xiàn wired; cable (television) ∼HSK 3
yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
zhu to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant ∼HSK 3
rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
zài near at hand; imminent; within sight ∼HSK 3
shǔ xià subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary ∼HSK 3
zhěng bìng to merge; to consolidate; consolidation ∼HSK 3
zhǐ to give directions ∼HSK 3
xīn rèn newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) ∼HSK 3