Red Cliff

Red Cliff 2008

chìshǎng

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%

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awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly HSK 2
dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
shí then; at that time; in those days HSK 2
chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
chū to set off; to start (on a journey) HSK 2
píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
piān sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article HSK 2
téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
xiǎng to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
yóu oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective HSK 2
guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
xié shoe HSK 2
quán guó whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
jié joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour) HSK 2
fish HSK 2
pái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc HSK 2
fāng xiàng direction; orientation HSK 2