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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突 突 tū suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly ∼HSK 3
紧跟 緊跟 jǐn gēn to follow precisely; to comply with ∼HSK 3
分心 分心 fēn xīn to divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) ∼HSK 3
合家 閤家 hé jiā whole family; entire household ∼HSK 3
噎死 噎死 yē sǐ (intransitive) to choke to death ∼HSK 3
过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
倒空 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag); to turn inside out; to turn out ∼HSK 3
舰 艦 jiàn warship ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
会合 會合 huì hé to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence ∼HSK 3
火力 火力 huǒ lì fire; firepower ∼HSK 3
大火 大火 dà huǒ conflagration; large fire ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
奇才 奇才 qí cái genius ∼HSK 3
老实说 老實說 lǎo shí shuō honestly speaking; to be frank, ... ∼HSK 3
有朝一日 有朝一日 yǒu zhāo yī rì one day; sometime in the future ∼HSK 3
结实 結實 jiē shí to bear fruit HSK 3
变为 變為 biàn wéi to change into HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
必然 必然 bì rán inevitable; certain; necessity HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
有利 有利 yǒu lì advantageous; favorable HSK 3
相似 相似 xiāng sì similar; alike HSK 3
发明 發明 fā míng to invent; an invention HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
保存 保存 bǎo cún to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing) HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
传播 傳播 chuán bō to disseminate; to propagate; to spread HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
石头 石頭 shí tou stone HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
至今 至今 zhì jīn so far; to this day; until now HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change; to transform; shift; transformation HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
果然 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
成就 成就 chéng jiù accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about HSK 3
把握 把握 bǎ wò to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) HSK 3
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out HSK 3
团结 團結 tuán jié to unite; unity; solidarity; united HSK 3
富 富 fù rich; abundant; wealthy HSK 3