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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| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 介 介 | forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 名为 名為 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 不意 不意 | unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness | |
| 万人 萬人 | ten thousand people; all the people; everyman | |
| 备下 備下 | to prepare; to arrange (sth to be offered) | |
| 孩子们 孩子們 | children | |
| 带过 帶過 | to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 听闻 聽聞 | to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard | |
| 头一 頭一 | the first | |
| 留给 留給 | to set aside for | |
| 所为 所為 | what one does; doings | |
| 纸人 紙人 | human figure made of paper or papier-mâché | |
| 一路平安 一路平安 | to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage! | |
| 夜里 夜裡 | during the night; at night; nighttime | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 骑 騎 | to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 网站 網站 | website; network station; node | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 近 近 | near; close to; approximately | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 可爱 可愛 | adorable; cute; lovely | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 黑 黑 | black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing) | |
| 家庭 家庭 | family; household |