Little Big Soldier

Little Big Soldier 2010

bīng xiǎojiàng

The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the capture, which includes five acres of land, and most importantly, honorable discharge from the army.

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4.03 Intermediate Director Ding Sheng 🍅 79%

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qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
使 使 shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Wèi guó state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Liáng shān Liangshan city and County in Jining, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ) ∼HSK 4
yāo dài belt ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
shǎng qian tip; gratuity; monetary reward; bonus ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
jié méng to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with ∼HSK 4
banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
wéi what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use ∼HSK 4
bīng infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier ∼HSK 4
yīn tuning; temperament; music ∼HSK 4
whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet ∼HSK 4
chǔ an execution; to put sb to death ∼HSK 4
duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
guān zhí an official position; a job in the bureaucracy ∼HSK 4
wáng dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4