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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获胜 獲勝 huò shèng victorious; to win; to triumph HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
乌合之众 烏合之眾 wū hé zhī zhòng (idiom) rabble; disorderly band Idiom ∼HSK 6
不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān - yī jī (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow Idiom ∼HSK 6
临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 lín zhèn tuō táo to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet Idiom ∼HSK 6
南征北讨 南征北討 nán zhēng běi tǎo war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters Idiom ∼HSK 6
皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections Idiom ∼HSK 6
尸横遍野 屍橫遍野 shī héng - biàn yě (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle) Idiom ∼HSK 6
屡战屡败 屢戰屢敗 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
胡作非为 胡作非為 hú zuò fēi wéi to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages Idiom ∼HSK 6
如虎添翼 如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
一败涂地 一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat Idiom ∼HSK 6
铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān - gài dì lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive Idiom ∼HSK 6
挟天子以令诸侯 挾天子以令諸侯 xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hóu (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals Idiom ∼HSK 6
助纣为虐 助紂為虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nüè lit. helping tyrant Zhou in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
长途跋涉 長途跋涉 cháng tú bá shè long and difficult trek Idiom ∼HSK 6
强弩之末 強弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom); fig. spent force Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟且偷生 苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence Idiom ∼HSK 6
害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple Idiom ∼HSK 6
绝代佳人 絕代佳人 jué dài jiā rén beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever Idiom ∼HSK 6
赤手空拳 赤手空拳 chì shǒu - kōng quán (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟且偷安 苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself; taking things easily without attending to responsibilities Idiom ∼HSK 6
棋高一着 棋高一著 qí gāo yī zhāo to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent Idiom ∼HSK 6
安营扎寨 安營紮寨 ān yíng zhā zhài to set up camp; Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4] Idiom ∼HSK 6
南征北战 南征北戰 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters Idiom ∼HSK 6
轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
捏一把汗 捏一把汗 niē yī bǎ hàn to break out into a cold sweat (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6