The Assassins

The Assassins 2012

铜雀台 tóng qiāo tái

In his old age, Cao Cao assesses his former military tactics, love, and relationship with his son.

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5.57 Advanced Director Zhao Linshan IMDb 5.5

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Chancellor Cao Cao Liu Yifei Liu Yifei Ling Ju / Diao Chan Hiroshi Tamaki Hiroshi Tamaki Mu Shun Alec Su Alec Su Emperor Xian of Han Annie Shizuka Inoh Annie Shizuka Inoh Empress Fu Shou Yao Lu Yao Lu Imperial Physician Ji Ben Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Lord Fu Wan Bao Jianfeng Bao Jianfeng Lu Bu Chi Cheng Chi Cheng Xu Chu Qu Quancheng Cao Zhi

Vocabulary

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难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom); the people united Idiom ∼HSK 4
里应外合 裡應外合 lǐ yìng wài hé to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
曹操 曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
关羽 關羽 Guān Yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty; posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹丕 曹丕 Cáo Pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
貂蝉 貂蟬 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo to ensure his overthrow by fighting her Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
建安 建安 Jiàn ān reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白露 白露 Bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
皇城 皇城 Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉献帝 漢獻帝 Hàn Xiàn dì Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙权 孫權 Sūn Quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
董卓 董卓 Dǒng Zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大寒 大寒 Dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吕蒙 呂蒙 Lǚ Méng Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉寿 漢壽 Hàn shòu Hanshou county in Changde, Hunan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青龙 青龍 Qīng lóng Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East or; (slang) man without pubic hair Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王莽 王莽 Wáng Mǎng Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赤眉 赤眉 Chì méi Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
夜郎 夜郎 Yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄巾军 黃巾軍 Huáng jīn jūn the army of Yellow Turbans, a peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赤壁 赤壁 Chì bì Chibi, county-level city in Xianning, Hubei; Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
大王 大王 dà wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
心底 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
天象 天象 tiān xiàng meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse) ∼HSK 4