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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wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering; fig. gigantic; of spectacular significance Idiom ∼HSK 2
píng píng zuò to be on an equal footing Idiom ∼HSK 2
xiǎo zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
shàng jiē xià (idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
duì tóu correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
shēn to get up; to leave; to set forth ∼HSK 2
hēi dào dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with); the underworld; criminal gangs ∼HSK 2
fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2
thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
西 西 xiàng westward ∼HSK 2
tóu place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page ∼HSK 2
guò How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
hǎo si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
zhōng zhuāng Chinese dress ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
shuǐ river water ∼HSK 2
滿 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
jiā diǎn to work extra hours; to do overtime ∼HSK 2
jiā without; not; un- ∼HSK 2
nán zhuāng men's clothes ∼HSK 2
jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
liú (derog.) woman ∼HSK 2