Rise of the Legend

Rise of the Legend 2014

鸿 huángfēihóng zhī yīngxióng yǒu mèng

In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port…

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4.05 Intermediate Director Roy Chow Hin-Yeung 🍅 63%

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yòng useless; worthless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
tuō liǎo shēn busy and unable to get away Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shí miàn Mái Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Kǒng míng courtesy name of Zhuge Liang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
chóu zhī the Silk Road Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
piàn Zhàn zhēng the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sōng Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hàn Gāo posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Liú Bāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiàng Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhū two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lóng nickname of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮; Wolong giant panda nature reserve 臥龍大熊貓保護區|卧龙大熊猫保护区 in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan; Wolong district of Nanyang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zàng rén Tibetan (person) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
jīn yào the key (to solving a problem etc); (Tw) (cryptography) key ∼HSK 4
chí spoon; surname ∼HSK 4
zhū zǎi piglet; (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad ∼HSK 4
móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
sàn kāi to separate; to disperse ∼HSK 4
shì person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause) ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
piàn opium (loanword) ∼HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
bào guān (old) to report sth to the authorities ∼HSK 4
shǒu severed head ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
shǎng to reward; to tip; to give a gratuity ∼HSK 4
shāo to burn to death ∼HSK 4
pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
bāo chāo to outflank; to envelop ∼HSK 4
chōng chū to rush out ∼HSK 4
Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4