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赤壁（上）
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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| 孔 孔 | hole; classifier for cave dwellings | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 隔离 隔離 | to separate; to isolate | |
| 正面 正面 | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 倒霉 倒霉 | to have bad luck; to be out of luck | |
| 残忍 殘忍 | cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 精心 精心 | with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 背叛 背叛 | to betray | |
| 提议 提議 | proposal; suggestion; to propose; to suggest | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 统治 統治 | to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 雾 霧 | fog; mist | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 欲望 慾望 | desire; longing; appetite; craving | |
| 崩溃 崩潰 | to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 攻 攻 | to attack; to accuse; to study | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 相对 相對 | relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart | |
| 之所以 之所以 | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 置 置 | to install; to place; to put; to buy | |
| 婴儿 嬰兒 | infant; baby; lead (Pb) | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 码 碼 | weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! |