Red Cliff

Red Cliff 2008

赤壁（上） chìbì （ shǎng ）

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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5.5 Advanced Director John Woo 🍅 89%

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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沿岸 沿岸 yán àn coastal area; littoral or riparian HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
机灵 機靈 jī ling clever; quick-witted HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
得失 得失 dé shī gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits HSK 7
瞧不起 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
棋子 棋子 qí zǐ chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
羞耻 羞恥 xiū chǐ (a feeling of) shame HSK 7
英明 英明 yīng míng wise; brilliant HSK 7
汇集 匯集 huì jí to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
瓦解 瓦解 wǎ jiě to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
曰 曰 yuē to speak; to say HSK 7
咽喉 咽喉 yān hóu throat HSK 7
提防 提防 dī fang to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] HSK 7
仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden; hurriedly HSK 7
子弟 子弟 zǐ dì child; the younger generation HSK 7
体质 體質 tǐ zhì constitution HSK 7
风水 風水 fēng shuǐ feng shui; geomancy HSK 7
涮 涮 shuàn to rinse; to trick; to fool sb; to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) HSK 7
谈到 談到 tán dào to refer to; to speak about; to talk about HSK 7
稳固 穩固 wěn gù stable; steady; firm; to stabilize HSK 7
交锋 交鋒 jiāo fēng to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb) HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
棍子 棍子 gùn zi stick; rod HSK 7
包扎 包紮 bāo zā to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound) HSK 7
竭尽全力 竭盡全力 jié jìn quán lì to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost HSK 7
譬如 譬如 pì rú for example; for instance; such as HSK 7
仁慈 仁慈 rén cí benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
顾及 顧及 gù jí to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 7
观测 觀測 guān cè to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc) HSK 7
越发 越發 yuè fā increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
盟友 盟友 méng yǒu ally HSK 7
编织 編織 biān zhī to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc) HSK 7
号称 號稱 hào chēng to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely) HSK 7
结识 結識 jié shí to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time HSK 7
晋升 晉升 jìn shēng to promote to a higher position HSK 7
逼近 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
缓和 緩和 huǎn hé to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild HSK 7
要害 要害 yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
公然 公然 gōng rán openly; publicly; undisguised HSK 7