The Assassins 2012
铜雀台
In his old age, Cao Cao assesses his former military tactics, love, and relationship with his son.
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Vocabulary
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| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 权利 權利 | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth | |
| 彻底 徹底 | thorough; thoroughly; complete | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 土地 土地 | land; soil; territory | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 轮 輪 | wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 获得 獲得 | to obtain; to receive; to get | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 | (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times) | Idiom |
| 改朝换代 改朝換代 | to transition to a new dynasty or regime | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 吕布 呂布 | Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord | Proper Noun |
| 樊城 樊城 | Fancheng District of Xiangfan city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 开城 開城 | Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies | Proper Noun |
| 洛阳 洛陽 | Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province | Proper Noun |
| 阿爸 阿爸 | Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel | |
| 吉 吉 | lucky, propitious, good | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve | |
| 帝 帝 | supreme ruler, emperor; god |