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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杜康 杜康 Dù Kāng Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
万象 萬象 Wàn xiàng Vientiane, capital of Laos Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹冲 曹沖 Cáo Chōng Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青州 青州 Qīng zhōu Qingzhou, county-level city in Weifang, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
暖暖 暖暖 Nuǎn nuǎn Nuannuan District of Keelung City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公孙 公孫 Gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉天 奉天 Fèng tiān old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
隆中 隆中 Lóng zhōng scenic area near Xiangyang in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang lived as a young man Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
乔 喬 Qiáo tall, lofty; proud, stately ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
骑兵 騎兵 qí bīng cavalry ∼HSK 4
蒋 蔣 Jiǎng surname; hydropyrum latifalium ∼HSK 4
兵力 兵力 bīng lì military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4
兵马 兵馬 bīng mǎ troops and horses; military forces ∼HSK 4
结盟 結盟 jié méng to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with ∼HSK 4
材 材 cái material, stuff; timber; talent ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
的士 的士 dī shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
带兵 帶兵 dài bīng to lead troops ∼HSK 4
练兵 練兵 liàn bīng to drill troops; army training ∼HSK 4
兵士 兵士 bīng shì ordinary soldier ∼HSK 4
音律 音律 yīn lǜ tuning; temperament; music ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
伤寒 傷寒 shāng hán typhoid ∼HSK 4
疑 疑 yí doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
联军 聯軍 lián jūn allied armies ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
上阵 上陣 shàng zhèn to go into battle ∼HSK 4
兵书 兵書 bīng shū a book on the art of war ∼HSK 4
八卦阵 八卦陣 bā guà zhèn eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics ∼HSK 4
后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear; far behind the front line ∼HSK 4
兵法 兵法 bīng fǎ art of war; military strategy and tactics ∼HSK 4
趋 趨 qū hasten, hurry; be attracted to ∼HSK 4
烧开 燒開 shāo kāi to boil ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
定能 定能 dìng néng to be definitely able (to do sth) ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
盾 盾 dùn shield, shield-shaped object; currency sign for Dutch guilder ∼HSK 4
返 返 fǎn return, revert to, restore ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
苦头 苦頭 kǔ tou sufferings ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4