Reign of Assassins

Reign of Assassins 2010

剑雨 jiàn yǔ

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%

Cast

Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Zeng Jing Jung Woo-sung Jung Woo-sung Jiang Ah-Sheng Wang Xueqi Wang Xueqi The Wheel King Barbie Hsu Barbie Hsu Turquoise Shawn Yue Man-Lok Shawn Yue Man-Lok Lei Bin Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei Drizzle Guo Xiaodong Guo Xiaodong Zhang Ren Feng Jiang Yiyan Jiang Yiyan Tian Qing Tong Leon Dai Leon Dai The Magician Nina Paw Hei-Ching Nina Paw Hei-Ching Granny Cai

Vocabulary

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闻风丧胆 聞風喪膽 wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news Idiom ∼HSK 6
出生入死 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb Idiom ∼HSK 6
鹿死谁手 鹿死誰手 lù sǐ shéi shǒu lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom); fig. who will emerge victorious Idiom ∼HSK 6
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle Idiom ∼HSK 6
逍遥自在 逍遙自在 xiāo yáo zì zai free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large Idiom ∼HSK 6
驾轻就熟 駕輕就熟 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy; a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back Idiom ∼HSK 6
一网打尽 一網打盡 yī wǎng dǎ jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤魂野鬼 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on Idiom ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装聋作哑 裝聾作啞 zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ to play deaf-mute Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
虚情假意 虛情假意 xū qíng jiǎ yì false friendship; hypocritical show of affection Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi 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 HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing; sword-play ∼HSK 6
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
剃度 剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure; to shave the head; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) ∼HSK 6
藏拙 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face ∼HSK 6
且慢 且慢 qiě màn to wait a moment; do not go too soon ∼HSK 6
大驾 大駕 dà jià imperial chariot; (fig.) emperor; (polite) you ∼HSK 6
上缴 上繳 shàng jiǎo to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities ∼HSK 6
蜜饯 蜜餞 mì jiàn food preserved in sugar or honey ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
招租 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent ∼HSK 6
奉上 奉上 fèng shàng to offer ∼HSK 6
梳妆台 梳妝檯 shū zhuāng tái dressing table ∼HSK 6
晨昏 晨昏 chén hūn morning and twilight; day and night ∼HSK 6
诵经 誦經 sòng jīng to chant the sutras ∼HSK 6
住持 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk ∼HSK 6
隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion ∼HSK 6
市井 市井 shì jǐng marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people ∼HSK 6
鼻腔 鼻腔 bí qiāng nasal cavity ∼HSK 6
肌理 肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc) ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
佛法 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine ∼HSK 6
机缘 機緣 jī yuán chance; opportunity; destiny ∼HSK 6
撑船 撐船 chēng chuán to punt; to pole a boat ∼HSK 6
种田 種田 zhòng tián to farm; farming ∼HSK 6
账目 賬目 zhàng mù an item in accounts; an entry ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
恼怒 惱怒 nǎo nù resentful; angry; to enrage sb ∼HSK 6
媒妁之言 媒妁之言 méi shuò zhī yán (idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage) ∼HSK 6