Red Cliff II

Red Cliff II 2009

赤壁（下） chìbì （ xià ）

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

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4.86 Intermediate Director John Woo IMDb 7.5

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Zhou Yu Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro Zhu Ge Liang Zhang Fengyi Zhang Fengyi Cao Cao Chang Chen Chang Chen Sun Quan Vicky Zhao Vicky Zhao Sun Shang Xiang Hu Jun Hu Jun Zhao Yun Shido Nakamura Shido Nakamura Gan Xing Lin Chi-ling Lin Chi-ling Xiao Qiao You Yongzhi You Yongzhi Liu Bei Hou Yong Hou Yong Lu Su

Vocabulary

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饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
笨嘴笨舌 笨嘴笨舌 bèn zuǐ bèn shé clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
都督 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) ∼HSK 6
大雾 大霧 dà wù thick fog ∼HSK 6
蹴鞠 蹴鞠 cù jū cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer) ∼HSK 6
招降 招降 zhāo xiáng to ask for sb's surrender ∼HSK 6
细作 細作 xì zuò (old) spy; secret agent ∼HSK 6
精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel ∼HSK 6
主公 主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness; Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
反间计 反間計 fǎn jiàn jì stratagem of sowing dissension ∼HSK 6
硬仗 硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle; difficult task; big challenge ∼HSK 6
强攻 強攻 qiáng gōng (military) to take by storm ∼HSK 6
自视清高 自視清高 zì shì qīng gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important ∼HSK 6
誓死 誓死 shì sǐ to pledge one's life ∼HSK 6
赋税 賦稅 fù shuì taxation ∼HSK 6
水土不服 水土不服 shuǐ tǔ bù fú not acclimatized ∼HSK 6
桂枝 桂枝 guì zhī cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi) ∼HSK 6
晕船 暈船 yùn chuán to become seasick ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
泥坑 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit; mire; morass ∼HSK 6
逆风 逆風 nì fēng to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel; traitor; (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary; (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) ∼HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
投壶 投壺 tóu hú ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment ∼HSK 6
雅士 雅士 yǎ shì elegant scholar ∼HSK 6
雅兴 雅興 yǎ xìng refined and elegant attitude of mind ∼HSK 6
砸死 砸死 zá sǐ to crush to death ∼HSK 6
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
征途 征途 zhēng tú long journey; trek; course of an expedition ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
歹毒 歹毒 dǎi dú vicious; ruthless; malevolent ∼HSK 6
攻心 攻心 gōng xīn to mount a psychological attack; to try to demoralize; to try to win over; to try to persuade; (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion ∼HSK 6
朝露 朝露 zhāo lù morning dew; fig. precarious brevity of human life; ephemeral ∼HSK 6
慨当以慷 慨當以慷 kǎi dāng yǐ kāng stirring and impassioned; rousing and fervent (idiom, from Cao Cao's poem) ∼HSK 6
忧思 憂思 yōu sī to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive ∼HSK 6
沉吟 沉吟 chén yín to mutter to oneself irresolutely ∼HSK 6
月明星稀 月明星稀 yuè míng xīng xī the moon is bright and the stars are few (idiom); a clear, calm night ∼HSK 6
周公吐哺 周公吐哺 zhōu gōng tǔ bǔ lit. Duke of Zhou spat out his food (idiom); fig. an able ruler eager to welcome talent ∼HSK 6
横行 橫行 héng xíng to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck ∼HSK 6
大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit ∼HSK 6
撤兵 撤兵 chè bīng to withdraw troops; to retreat ∼HSK 6
一腔 一腔 yī qiāng full of (zeal, anger etc) ∼HSK 6
探子 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil ∼HSK 6