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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师出有名 師出有名 shī chū yǒu míng lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom); to do something with good reason; to have just cause Idiom ∼HSK 2
对酒当歌 對酒當歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can Idiom ∼HSK 2
办不到 辦不到 bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
周瑜 周瑜 Zhōu Yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff; in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
刘备 劉備 Liú Bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
关云长 關云長 Guān Yún cháng courtesy name of Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
袁绍 袁紹 Yuán Shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天河 天河 Tiān hé Milky Way; Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
吴越 吳越 Wú Yuè states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成大 成大 Chéng - Dà National Cheng Kung University Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
赵云 趙雲 Zhào Yún Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
千夫 千夫 qiān fū a lot of people (literary) ∼HSK 2
人头 人頭 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
挺住 挺住 tǐng zhù to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) ∼HSK 2
想像 想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
草鞋 草鞋 cǎo xié straw sandals ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
气节 氣節 qì jié moral integrity; unflinching righteousness ∼HSK 2
天意 天意 tiān yì providence; the Will of Heaven ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
全天 全天 quán tiān whole day ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2