Reign of Assassins

Reign of Assassins 2010

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Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.

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4.28 Intermediate Director Su Chaobin, John Woo 🍅 67%

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guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
bèi pàn to betray HSK 7
honey HSK 7
lùn whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
cán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus HSK 7
xiàn to envy; to admire HSK 7
jià 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) HSK 7
shèn kidney HSK 7
also HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
shào girl; young lady HSK 7
便 便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
shěn pàn a trial; to try sb HSK 7
to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
quán fist; boxing HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡 HSK 7
huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
shī dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
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
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
jiā rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) Idiom ∼HSK 6
yǎn rén ěr to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes Idiom ∼HSK 6
diǎn bit by bit; every little bit Idiom ∼HSK 6