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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没齿难忘 沒齒難忘 mò chǐ nán wàng hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives; undying gratitude Idiom ∼HSK 5
迟了 遲了 chí le late Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭钱 臭錢 chòu qián dirty money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
大势所趋 大勢所趨 dà shì - suǒ qū (idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
乱糟糟 亂糟糟 luàn zāo zāo chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
老骨头 老骨頭 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
禅 禪 chán Chan/Zen ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
盟 盟 méng swear; oath, covenant, alliance ∼HSK 5
岳 嶽 Yuè mountain peak; surname ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
染布 染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth ∼HSK 5
武林 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
熄 熄 xī put out, extinguish, quash ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
干粮 乾糧 gān liáng rations (to take on expedition) ∼HSK 5
名册 名冊 míng cè roll (of names); register ∼HSK 5
秘笈 秘笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books ∼HSK 5
替死鬼 替死鬼 tì sǐ guǐ scapegoat; fall guy ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead; to command; commander; officer ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
兵器 兵器 bīng qì weapon ∼HSK 5
敌我 敵我 dí wǒ the enemy and us ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
恤 䘏 xù show pity; relieve, help ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
师弟 師弟 shīdì younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
劳烦 勞煩 láo fán to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) ∼HSK 5
鉴 鑑 jiàn mirror, looking glass; reflect ∼HSK 5
阻 阻 zǔ impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose ∼HSK 5
非必要 非必要 fēi bì yào inessential; unnecessary ∼HSK 5
为所欲为 為所欲為 wéi suǒ yù wéi (idiom) to do whatever one pleases ∼HSK 5
凌 凌 Líng pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat ∼HSK 5
览 覽 lǎn look at, inspect; perceive ∼HSK 5
狂风 狂風 kuáng fēng gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology) ∼HSK 5
怒 怒 nù anger ∼HSK 5
蜀 蜀 Shǔ name of an ancient state ∼HSK 5
大将 大將 dà jiàng a general or admiral ∼HSK 5
事务繁忙 事務繁忙 shì wù fán máng busy; bustling ∼HSK 5
前途无量 前途無量 qián tú wú liàng to have boundless prospects ∼HSK 5
辨 辨 biàn distinguish, discriminate ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
丢下 丟下 diū xià to abandon ∼HSK 5
辈出 輩出 bèi chū to come forth in large numbers ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5