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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大干 大幹 dà gàn to go all out; to work energetically ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
二话 二話 èr huà objection; differing opinion ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
家书 家書 jiā shū letter to or from home or family ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
三分 三分 sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
差远 差遠 chà yuǎn inferior; not up to par; to fall far short; to be mistaken ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
错别字 錯別字 cuò bié zì incorrectly written or mispronounced characters ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through ∼HSK 1
从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
生病 生病 shēng bìng to fall ill HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
零 零 líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
老人 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents HSK 1
下次 下次 xià cì next time HSK 1
记住 記住 jì zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
天气 天氣 tiān qì weather HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1