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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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 慨: sigh, regret; generous · 当: bear, accept, undertake; just · 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 慷: ardent; generous, magnanimous ∼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 月: moon; month; KangXi radical 74 · 明: bright, light, brilliant; clear · 星: a star, planet; any point of light · 稀: rare, unusual, scarce; sparse ∼HSK 6
周公吐哺 周公吐哺 zhōu gōng tǔ bǔ 周: Zhou dynasty; circumference · 公: fair, equitable; public; duke · 吐: vomit, spew out, cough up · 哺: chew food; feed ∼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
如火 如火 rú huǒ fiery ∼HSK 6
索解 索解 suǒ jiě to seek an answer; to look for an explanation; to explain; explanation ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
所料 所料 suǒ liào one's expectation; what one anticipates ∼HSK 6
一头雾水 一頭霧水 yī tóu wù shuǐ to be confused; to be baffled ∼HSK 6
哼唱 哼唱 hēng chàng to hum; to croon ∼HSK 6
老爹 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father; old man; sir ∼HSK 6
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant ∼HSK 6
老而不死是为贼 老而不死是為賊 lǎo ér bù sǐ shì wéi zéi 老: old, aged; experienced · 而: and; and then; and yet; but · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 死: die; dead; death · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 贼: thief, traitor; kill ∼HSK 6
弦歌 絃歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) ∼HSK 6
雅意 雅意 yǎ yì your kind offer; your valued advice; delicate interest and charm ∼HSK 6
看扁 看扁 kàn biǎn to have a low opinion of ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
尽兴 盡興 jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
迫于 迫於 pò yú constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth ∼HSK 6
伏兵 伏兵 fú bīng hidden troops; ambush ∼HSK 6
弓箭 弓箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow ∼HSK 6
岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
凯旋 凱旋 kǎi xuán to return in triumph; to return victorious ∼HSK 6
绝了 絕了 jué le (slang) awesome; dope ∼HSK 6
星辰 星辰 xīng chén stars ∼HSK 6
怎敢 怎敢 zěn gǎn how dare ∼HSK 6
大驾 大駕 dà jià imperial chariot; (fig.) emperor; (polite) you ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
云里雾里 雲裡霧裡 yún lǐ wù lǐ amidst the clouds and mist; (fig.) mystified; puzzled ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
连环计 連環計 lián huán jì coordinated sequence of strategic moves ∼HSK 6
百余 百餘 bǎi yú a hundred or more ∼HSK 6
坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee ∼HSK 6
驻军 駐軍 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops; garrison ∼HSK 6
环环相扣 環環相扣 huán huán xiāng kòu closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate ∼HSK 6
硫磺 硫磺 liú huáng variant of ∼HSK 6
扣住 扣住 kòu zhù to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook ∼HSK 6
扎营 紮營 zhā yíng to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] ∼HSK 6
种田 種田 zhòng tián to farm; farming ∼HSK 6
自古以来 自古以來 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times ∼HSK 6
苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence ∼HSK 6
诈降 詐降 zhà xiáng feigned surrender ∼HSK 6