The Assassin 2015
刺客聂隐娘
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
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Vocabulary
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| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 类 類 | kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | 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) | |
| 把 把 | 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}) | |
| 假的 假的 | bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony | Xiehouyu |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 西平 西平 | Xiping county in Zhumadian, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 黑体 黑體 | bold (typeface) | |
| 楷体 楷體 | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 职 職 | duty, profession; office, post | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 飞鸟 飛鳥 | bird | |
| 如是 如是 | thus | |
| 片名 片名 | movie title | |
| 宾 賓 | guest, visitor; surname; submit | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 商队 商隊 | caravan | |
| 习气 習氣 | custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one) | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 |