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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抗 抗 kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
亲信 親信 qīn xìn (often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant; to put one's trust in (sb) ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
将领 將領 jiàng lǐng high-ranking military officer ∼HSK 3
舰队 艦隊 jiàn duì fleet ∼HSK 3
皮肉 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily ∼HSK 3
放在心上 放在心上 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart ∼HSK 3
早日康复 早日康復 zǎo rì kāng fù to recover health quickly; Get well soon! ∼HSK 3
打退 打退 dǎ tuì to beat back; to repel; to repulse ∼HSK 3
好强 好強 hào qiáng eager to be first ∼HSK 3
终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) ∼HSK 3
没来由 沒來由 méi lái yóu without any reason; for no reason ∼HSK 3
亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage ∼HSK 3
有眼光 有眼光 yǒu yǎn guāng to have good taste ∼HSK 3
澡 澡 zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
输赢 輸贏 shū yíng win or loss; outcome ∼HSK 3
全胜 全勝 quán shèng total victory; to excel by far; name of a tank; slam ∼HSK 3
每人 每人 měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
再者 再者 zài zhě moreover; besides ∼HSK 3
病死 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die; to die of illness ∼HSK 3
村民 村民 cūn mín villager ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
退还 退還 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate ∼HSK 3
生死关头 生死關頭 shēng sǐ guān tóu the critical moment; life and death crisis ∼HSK 3
热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology) ∼HSK 3
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
不谙水性 不諳水性 bù ān shuǐ xìng to not know how to swim; to not be a strong swimmer ∼HSK 3
之上 之上 zhī shàng above ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
耳 耳 ěr ear; merely, only; handle ∼HSK 3
死死 死死 sǐ sǐ rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
山火 山火 shān huǒ wildfire; forest fire ∼HSK 3
老天爷 老天爺 lǎo tiān yé God; Heavens ∼HSK 3
连发 連發 lián fā to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession ∼HSK 3
资 資 zī property; wealth; capital ∼HSK 3
小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded ∼HSK 3
内奸 內奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks ∼HSK 3
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book ∼HSK 3
疫情 疫情 yì qíng epidemic situation ∼HSK 3
讯 訊 xùn inquire; ask; examine; reproach ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
久等 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time ∼HSK 3
连环 連環 lián huán chain ∼HSK 3
对决 對決 duì jué confrontation; contest; showdown ∼HSK 3
胜算 勝算 shèng suàn odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success ∼HSK 3
不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely ∼HSK 3