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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小胜 小勝 xiǎo shèng (sports) to secure a narrow win; to edge out ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
难民 難民 nàn mín refugee ∼HSK 3
防线 防線 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter ∼HSK 3
伤人 傷人 shāng rén to injure sb ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
决 決 jué decide, determine, judge ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
弄伤 弄傷 nòng shāng to bruise; to hurt (something) ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
天时 天時 tiān shí the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
大部 大部 dà bù the greater part; the majority; most ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
择 擇 zé select, choose, pick out ∼HSK 3
费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
有决心 有決心 yǒu jué xīn determined ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
保全 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard ∼HSK 3
终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
水牛 水牛 shuǐ niú water buffalo ∼HSK 3
诸 諸 Zhū various, all, these; surname ∼HSK 3
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
一时瑜亮 一時瑜亮 yī shí Yú Liàng two remarkable persons living at the same period (as and) ∼HSK 3
合得来 合得來 hé de lái to get along with well; compatible ∼HSK 3
骑马 騎馬 qí mǎ to ride a horse ∼HSK 3
拚死 拚死 pàn sǐ to risk one's life ∼HSK 3
赞 贊 zàn help, support, assist, aid ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
鼎力 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help ∼HSK 3
穿破 穿破 chuān pò to wear out (clothes); to pierce (a membrane etc) ∼HSK 3
关张 關張 guān zhāng (of a shop) to close down; to go out of business ∼HSK 3
卫 衛 Wèi guard, protect, defend ∼HSK 3
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back; (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges ∼HSK 3