Swordsman

Swordsman 1990

笑傲江湖 xiào ào jiāng hú

A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.

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4.72 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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扔 扔 rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
冒 冐 mào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
撞 撞 zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
逃 逃 táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
手段 手段 shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
执行 執行 zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
随机应变 隨機應變 suí jī yìng biàn to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic Idiom ∼HSK 4
天各一方 天各一方 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other Idiom ∼HSK 4
避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 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
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
华山 華山 Huà Shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
令狐 令狐 Líng hú old place name (in present-day Linyi County, Shanxi); two-character surname Linghu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五岳 五嶽 Wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai in Shandong, Mt Hua in Shaanxi, Mt Heng in Hunan, Mt Heng in Shanxi, Mt Song in Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
欧阳 歐陽 Ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦衣卫 錦衣衛 Jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪武 洪武 Hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神佛 神佛 Shén Fó Gods and Buddhas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
少林 少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
盘龙 盤龍 Pán lóng Panlong district of Kunming city, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
独孤 獨孤 Dú gū two-character surname Dugu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú 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
宝典 寶典 bǎo diǎn canonical text; treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom) ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
穴 穴 xué cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116 ∼HSK 4