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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启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
僚 僚 Liáo companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face ∼HSK 5
鞠 鞠 Jū bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man ∼HSK 5
遗 遺 yí lose; articles lost; omit ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
薨 薨 hōng death of prince; swarming ∼HSK 5
唆 唆 suō make mischief, incite, instigate ∼HSK 5
妄 妄 wàng absurd, foolish, reckless; false ∼HSK 5
阿兄 阿兄 ā xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 5
痹 痺 bì paralysis, numbness ∼HSK 5
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) ∼HSK 5
衙 衙 Yá public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
丘 丘 Qiū hill; elder; empty; a name ∼HSK 5
绦 絛 dí silk cord, ribbon ∼HSK 5
身孕 身孕 shēn yùn pregnancy; pregnant ∼HSK 5
先主 先主 xiān zhǔ former ruler; founding ruler ∼HSK 5
佯 佯 yáng pretend, feign; false, deceitful ∼HSK 5
杖 杖 zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5
胞 胞 bāo womb, placenta, fetal membrane ∼HSK 5
无可 無可 wú kě can't ∼HSK 5
逭 逭 huàn to escape from; to flee, to avoid ∼HSK 5
其所 其所 qí suǒ its place; one's appointed place; the place for that ∼HSK 5
表兄 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 5
邑 邑 yì area, district, city, state ∼HSK 5
罽 罽 jì a kind of woolen fabric ∼HSK 5
宵 宵 xiāo night, evening, dark ∼HSK 5
贩 販 fàn peddler, hawker, street merchant ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
饯 餞 jiàn farewell party; see off, send off ∼HSK 5
寓 寓 yù residence; lodge; dwell ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
翟 翟 Dí surname; a kind of pheasant; plumes ∼HSK 5
敝 敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
掖 掖 yē support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up ∼HSK 5
遣 遣 qiǎn send, dispatch; send off, exile ∼HSK 5
帛 帛 bó silks, fabrics; wealth, property ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
侄 侄 zhí nephew ∼HSK 5
继位 繼位 jì wèi to succeed to the throne ∼HSK 5
哀 哀 Āi sad, mournful, pitiful; pity ∼HSK 5
恸 慟 tòng sadness, grief; mourn; be moved ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
繁 緐 fán complicated, complex, difficult ∼HSK 5
一夕 一夕 yī xī overnight; instantly; very quickly ∼HSK 5
萎 萎 wěi wither, wilt ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5