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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魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
顶住 頂住 dǐng zhù to withstand; to stand up to ∼HSK 4
狩猎 狩獵 shòu liè to hunt; hunting ∼HSK 4
症 症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
茶艺 茶藝 chá yì the art of tea ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of; not to object to ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
索 索 Suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated ∼HSK 4
失和 失和 shī hé disharmony; to become estranged ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
收兵 收兵 shōu bīng to retreat; to withdraw troops; to recall troops; fig. to finish work; to wind up; to call it a day; used with negatives: the task is far from over ∼HSK 4
江面 江面 jiāng miàn the surface of the river ∼HSK 4
发兵 發兵 fā bīng to dispatch an army; to send troops ∼HSK 4
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake ∼HSK 4
第二轮 第二輪 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election) ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
沙场 沙場 shā chǎng sandpit; battleground; battlefield ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
翻过 翻過 fān guò to turn over; to transform ∼HSK 4
方能 方能 fāng néng can then (and only then) ∼HSK 4
子民 子民 zǐ mín people ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
不过如此 不過如此 bù guò - rú cǐ (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
投靠 投靠 tóu kào to rely on help from sb ∼HSK 4
失意 失意 shī yì disappointed; frustrated ∼HSK 4
家主 家主 jiā zhǔ head of a household ∼HSK 4
强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure ∼HSK 4
自封 自封 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth); to give oneself the title of; self-appointed; self-styled; to limit oneself to; to isolate oneself ∼HSK 4
盖世 蓋世 gài shì unrivalled; matchless ∼HSK 4
何乐而不为 何樂而不為 hé lè ér bù wéi what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
我方 我方 wǒ fāng our side; we ∼HSK 4
法会 法會 fǎ huì (Buddhist) religious assembly ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
说定 說定 shuō dìng to agree on; to settle on ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
出落 出落 chū luò to grow (prettier etc); to mature into; to blossom ∼HSK 4
一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
自保 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation ∼HSK 4
激 激 jī arouse, excite, incite; quickly ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
洲 洲 zhōu continent; island; islet ∼HSK 4
摆子 擺子 bǎi zi malaria ∼HSK 4
有志气 有志氣 yǒu zhì qì ambitious ∼HSK 4
打杀 打殺 dǎ shā to kill ∼HSK 4
导 導 dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4