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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带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
南面 南面 nán miàn south side; south ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands; many thousand ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade; (soccer) defensive wall ∼HSK 2
不只 不只 bù zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
墙头草 牆頭草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person; opportunist ∼HSK 2
向东 向東 xiàng dōng eastwards ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
颜面 顏面 yán miàn face; prestige ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
老丈 老丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man) ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2
卡住 卡住 kǎ zhù to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4] ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment..., (the next...); leading foot (in walking) ∼HSK 2
起名 起名 qǐ míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
头风 頭風 tóu fēng headache (Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
名为 名為 míng wéi to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
男孩子 男孩子 nán hái zi boy ∼HSK 2
装成 裝成 zhuāng chéng to pretend ∼HSK 2
水流 水流 shuǐ liú river; stream ∼HSK 2
万难 萬難 wàn nán countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds ∼HSK 2
栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at; to live in (temporarily) ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
一面倒 一面倒 yī miàn dǎo to be entirely on one side; one-sided; lopsided; partisan; overwhelmingly on one side ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
不意 不意 bù yì unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness ∼HSK 2
放生 放生 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy) ∼HSK 2
够用 夠用 gòu yòng adequate; sufficient; enough ∼HSK 2
病倒 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness ∼HSK 2
大战 大戰 dà zhàn war; to wage war ∼HSK 2
开船 開船 kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
才子 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar ∼HSK 2