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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| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 籍 籍 | record, register, list; census | |
| 咯血 咯血 | to cough up blood; to have hemoptysis | |
| 节度使 節度使 | Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 之际 之際 | during; at the time of | |
| 指派 指派 | to assign; to appoint; assignment | |
| 紧邻 緊鄰 | to be right next to; close neighbor | |
| 四邻 四鄰 | one's nearest neighbors | |
| 二者 二者 | both; both of them; neither | |
| 指使 指使 | to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) | |
| 怕死 怕死 | to be scared of dying | |
| 婚约 婚約 | engagement; wedding contract | |
| 信物 信物 | keepsake; token | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 束手 束手 | to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it | |
| 属下 屬下 | subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary | |
| 发配 發配 | to send away to serve a penal sentence | |
| 派任 派任 | to set apart; to assign sb to a job | |
| 耳目 耳目 | eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies | |
| 确 確 | sure, certain; real, true | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 出马 出馬 | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring | |
| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve | |
| 不得已 不得已 | to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must | |
| 认出 認出 | recognition; to recognize | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 访问 訪問 | to visit; to call on; to interview | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 前往 前往 | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 录 彔 | diary; record; to hit; to copy | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 到达 到達 | to reach; to arrive | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 经营 經營 | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 当地 當地 | local | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 事故 事故 | accident | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |