Swordsman

Swordsman 1990

xiào ào jiāng

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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zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
qiè close; familiar; intimate; closely (related); to foster close ties; to pay close attention HSK 4
zhì to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
sǎo to sweep HSK 4
duō many times; repeatedly HSK 4
bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
zhuāng xiū to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate HSK 4
báo thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile HSK 4
chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) HSK 4
zhèn disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration HSK 4
xíng shì circumstances; situation; terrain HSK 4
fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
shé to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
hūn wedding ceremony; wedding HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
miǎn to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4