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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biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
shuǐ to draw water; to splash water ∼HSK 1
zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
wéi yǒu variant of ∼HSK 1
huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
(adjective) other ∼HSK 1
xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
in a row; in a line ∼HSK 1
shuì (old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4] ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
xiǎo ér young child; (humble) my son ∼HSK 1
zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
zuó yesterday ∼HSK 1
pǎo to run off rebuffed; to fend off; (to fight off and make sb) run off ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
lèi huài to become exhausted ∼HSK 1
chū qiào (of a sword etc) to unsheath ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
shuō dòng to persuade ∼HSK 1
wài shì foreign affairs ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
guò duō too many; excessive ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
xiào wèi military officer ∼HSK 1
èr the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
jìn jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor) ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little; somewhat ∼HSK 1
yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
shuǐ to supply water; to provide feedwater ∼HSK 1
shì therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1