Red Cliff

Red Cliff 2008

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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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méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
ge older brother HSK 1
jìn to go in HSK 1
bàn half HSK 1
fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
jiě jie older sister HSK 1
dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
yòu (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence HSK 1
饿 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
dòng zuò movement; motion; action; to act; to move HSK 1
chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
Zuǒ surname Zuo HSK 1
eight; 8 HSK 1
wàng to forget HSK 1
máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
bìng rén sick person; patient; invalid HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
elder brother HSK 1
guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots HSK 1
cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
lěng cold HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
dòu comma; phrase marked by pause HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
西 西 the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
tīng dào to hear HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
chàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant HSK 1