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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居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
令 令 lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 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
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
居心叵测 居心叵測 jū xīn pǒ cè harboring unfathomable motives (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf Idiom ∼HSK 4
大获全胜 大獲全勝 dà huò quán shèng to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election) Idiom ∼HSK 4
正中下怀 正中下懷 zhèng zhòng xià huái exactly what one wants Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
大方 大方 dà fāng expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea Xiehouyu HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 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
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
曹操 曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙权 孫權 Sūn Quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诸葛 諸葛 Zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赤壁 赤壁 Chì bì Chibi, county-level city in Xianning, Hubei; Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔明 孔明 Kǒng míng courtesy name of Zhuge Liang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华佗 華佗 Huà Tuó Hua Tuo (c. 145-208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms, where he is portrayed as a sage an Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荆州 荊州 Jīng zhōu Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新野 新野 Xīn yě Xinye county in Nanyang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江北 江北 Jiāng běi Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing; Chongqing's main airport; Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鲁肃 魯肅 Lǔ Sù Lu Su or Lu Zijing 魯子敬|鲁子敬 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔融 孔融 Kǒng Róng Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
连江 連江 Lián jiāng Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City, Fujian; Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands, a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周公 周公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
官渡之战 官渡之戰 Guān dù zhī Zhàn Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern in north Henan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
来安 來安 Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兵家 兵家 Bīng jiā the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赤壁之战 赤壁之戰 Chì bì zhī Zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu; famous episode in the Romance of th Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江口 江口 Jiāng kǒu Jiangkou, a county in Tongren, Guizhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4