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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小觑 小覷 xiǎo qù to despise; to have contempt for ∼HSK 1
正对 正對 zhèng duì directly facing ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
重用 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position ∼HSK 1
小事 小事 xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
高高兴兴 高高興興 gāo gāo xìng xìng cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily ∼HSK 1
小妹 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) ∼HSK 1
开打 開打 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out; to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera); to brawl; to come to blows ∼HSK 1
婢女 婢女 bì nǚ slave girl; servant girl ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
不等 不等 bù děng unequal; varied ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
崽子 崽子 zǎi zi offspring of an animal; brat; bastard ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
一点不 一點不 yī diǎn bù not at all ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
毽子 毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking; game played with such a shuttlecock ∼HSK 1
苹 蘋 píng artemisia; duckweed; apple ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
风月 風月 fēng yuè romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc) ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
事关 事關 shì guān to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
真有你的 真有你的 zhēn yǒu nǐ de You're really quite something!; You're just amazing! ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
有一次 有一次 yǒu yī cì once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
年少 年少 nián shào young; junior ∼HSK 1
我这个人 我這個人 wǒ zhè ge rén me personally; the sort of person I am ∼HSK 1
要事 要事 yào shì important matter ∼HSK 1
麾下 麾下 huī xià troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general) ∼HSK 1
为上 為上 wéi shàng to be valued above all else ∼HSK 1
别字 別字 bié zì mispronounced or wrongly written character ∼HSK 1
日月 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood ∼HSK 1
真人 真人 zhēn rén a real person; Daoist spiritual master ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
二十多 二十多 èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
十三 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
最少 最少 zuì shǎo at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal ∼HSK 1
回天 迴天 huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation ∼HSK 1
正中 正中 zhèng zhōng middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
在读 在讀 zài dú to be studying (at a school or research institute) ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1