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.

HSK 1

5.5 Advanced Director John Woo 🍅 89%

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Zhou Yu

Takeshi Kaneshiro Zhu Ge Liang

Zhang Fengyi Cao Cao

Chang Chen Sun Quan

Vicky Zhao Sun Shang Xiang

Hu Jun Zhao Yun

Shido Nakamura Gan Xing

Lin Chi-ling Xiao Qiao

You Yongzhi Liu Bei

Hou Yong Lu Su

Vocabulary

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眼下眼下 yǎn xià	now; at present; subocular (medicine)	HSK 7
朝着朝著 cháo zhe	towards	HSK 7
美人美人 měi rén	beauty; belle	HSK 7
迟早遲早 chí zǎo	sooner or later	HSK 7
庞大龐大 páng dà	huge; enormous; tremendous	HSK 7
祭祭 jì	to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield	HSK 7
缓慢緩慢 huǎn màn	slow	HSK 7
意图意圖 yì tú	intent; intention; to intend	HSK 7
棍棍 gùn	stick; rod; truncheon	HSK 7
一早一早 yī zǎo	early in the morning; at dawn	HSK 7
寻常尋常 xún cháng	usual; common; ordinary	HSK 7
丸丸 wán	ball; pellet; pill	HSK 7
翅膀翅膀 chì bǎng	wing	HSK 7
地理地理 dì lǐ	geography	HSK 7
亲手親手 qīn shǒu	personally; with one's own hands	HSK 7
是非是非 shì fēi	right and wrong; quarrel	HSK 7
抖抖 dǒu	to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world	HSK 7
废话廢話 fèi huà	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)	HSK 7
拽拽 yè	to drag; to haul	HSK 7
何必何必 hé bì	there is no need; why should	HSK 7
性命性命 xìng mìng	life	HSK 7
违背違背 wéi bèi	to go against; to be contrary to; to violate	HSK 7
赐賜 cì	to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì]	HSK 7
丫头丫頭 yā tou	girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)	HSK 7
用力用力 yòng lì	to exert oneself physically	HSK 7
壮壯 Zhuàng	Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group	HSK 7
无力無力 wú lì	powerless; lacking strength	HSK 7
故故 gù	happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead	HSK 7
发誓發誓 fā shì	to vow; to pledge; to swear	HSK 7
投降投降 tóu xiáng	to surrender; surrender	HSK 7
虚虛 xū	emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain	HSK 7
处置處置 chǔ zhì	to handle; to take care of; to punish	HSK 7
乃乃 nǎi	to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	HSK 7
生死生死 shēng sǐ	life or death	HSK 7
截截 jié	to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length	HSK 7
凑湊 còu	to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity	HSK 7
自私自私 zì sī	selfish; selfishness	HSK 7
愚蠢愚蠢 yú chǔn	silly; stupid	HSK 7
训訓 xùn	to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule	HSK 7
但愿但願 dàn yuàn	if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)	HSK 7
拦攔 lán	to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)	HSK 7
疯子瘋子 fēng zi	madman; lunatic	HSK 7
颇頗 pō	rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ]	HSK 7
部署部署 bù shǔ	to dispose; to deploy; deployment	HSK 7
蠢惷 chǔn	stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion	HSK 7
可笑可笑 kě xiào	funny; ridiculous	HSK 7
沾沾 zhān	to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch	HSK 7
下手下手 xià shǒu	to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest	HSK 7
尊严尊嚴 zūn yán	dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty	HSK 7
震震 zhèn	to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳	HSK 7