The Assassin

The Assassin 2015

刺客聂隐娘 cìkè niè yǐn niáng

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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6.14 Advanced Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 80%

Cast

Shu Qi Shu Qi Nie Yinniang Chang Chen Chang Chen Tian Ji'an Zhou Yun Zhou Yun Lady Tian Yuan / Jingjinger Satoshi Tsumabuki Satoshi Tsumabuki Mirror Polisher Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Nie Feng Yong Mei Yong Mei Lady Nie Tian Lei Zhenyu Lei Zhenyu Tian Xing Nikki Hsieh Nikki Hsieh Huji Ethan Juan Ethan Juan Xia Jing Sheu Fang-Yi Sheu Fang-Yi Princess Jiacheng / Taoist Nun

Vocabulary

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咋 咋 zǎ dialectal equivalent of 怎么 HSK 6
收藏 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection HSK 6
税 稅 shuì taxes; duties HSK 6
国王 國王 guó wáng king HSK 6
田 田 tián field; farm HSK 6
全力 全力 quán lì with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) HSK 6
牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
公主 公主 gōng zhǔ princess HSK 6
绝 絕 jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means HSK 6
托 托 tuō prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) HSK 6
公 公 gōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) HSK 6
侧 側 cè the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side HSK 6
母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
窈 窈 yǎo obscure, secluded; refined ∼HSK 5
汝 汝 rǔ you ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
薛 薛 Xuē kind of marsh grass; feudal state ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
虞 虞 Yú concerned about, anxious, worried ∼HSK 5
道姑 道姑 dào gū Daoist nun ∼HSK 5
鸾 鸞 luán fabulous bird ∼HSK 5
朔 朔 shuò first day of lunar month; the north ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
聂 聶 Niè whisper; surname ∼HSK 5
蜀 蜀 Shǔ name of an ancient state ∼HSK 5
瑚 瑚 hú coral; person of virtue ∼HSK 5
隐 隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret ∼HSK 5
崩 崩 bēng rupture, split apart, collapse ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
逝 逝 shì pass away; die ∼HSK 5
棣 棣 dì kerria japonica plant, cherry ∼HSK 5
钺 鉞 yuè broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd ∼HSK 5