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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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| 天机不可泄露 天機不可泄露 | lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you. | Idiom |
| 孤注一掷 孤注一擲 | to stake all on one throw | Idiom |
| 进退维谷 進退維谷 | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation | Idiom |
| 是非曲直 是非曲直 | lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons | Idiom |
| 孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 | lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support | Idiom |
| 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout | Idiom |
| 饭桶 飯桶 | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 贱货 賤貨 | bitch; slut | Xiehouyu |
| 笨嘴笨舌 笨嘴笨舌 | clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate | Xiehouyu |
| 无理取闹 無理取鬧 | to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 泥巴 泥巴 | (coll.) mud | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 都督 都督 | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) | |
| 主公 主公 | Your Highness; Your Majesty | |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 招降 招降 | to ask for sb's surrender | |
| 大雾 大霧 | thick fog | |
| 蹴鞠 蹴鞠 | cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer) | |
| 猛将 猛將 | fierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual | |
| 败仗 敗仗 | lost battle; defeat | |
| 细作 細作 | (old) spy; secret agent | |
| 后撤 後撤 | to pull back (an army); to retreat | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 水土不服 水土不服 | not acclimatized | |
| 水田 水田 | paddy field; rice paddy | |
| 难产 難產 | difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve | |
| 胜仗 勝仗 | victory; victorious battle | |
| 精锐 精銳 | elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel | |
| 反间计 反間計 | stratagem of sowing dissension | |
| 逆贼 逆賊 | renegade; traitor and bandit | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish | |
| 扫荡 掃蕩 | (military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate | |
| 出师无名 出師無名 | 出: go out, send out; stand; produce · 师: teacher, master, specialist · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 名: name, rank, title, position | |
| 篡夺 篡奪 | to usurp; to seize | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 收服 收服 | to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe | |
| 良策 良策 | good plan; good idea | |
| 拖慢 拖慢 | to retard; to slow sth down | |
| 深藏 深藏 | to be deeply hidden; to lie deep (in some place) | |
| 赏识 賞識 | to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation | |
| 险要 險要 | strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location | |
| 进犯 進犯 | to invade | |
| 穴道 穴道 | acupuncture point; acupoint | |
| 各为其主 各為其主 | 各: each, individually, every, all · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 主: master, chief owner; host; lord | |
| 硬仗 硬仗 | tough battle; difficult task; big challenge | |
| 强攻 強攻 | (military) to take by storm |