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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征讨 征討 zhēng tǎo to go on a punitive expedition ∼HSK 6
生死未卜 生死未卜 shēng sǐ wèi bǔ one's fate (life or death) is uncertain (idiom); whereabouts/survival unknown ∼HSK 6
行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence ∼HSK 6
仁义 仁義 rén yì benevolence and righteousness ∼HSK 6
忠勇 忠勇 zhōng yǒng loyal and brave ∼HSK 6
胡言 胡言 hú yán nonsense talk ∼HSK 6
不吉 不吉 bù jí unlucky; inauspicious; ominous ∼HSK 6
大吉 大吉 dà jí very auspicious; extremely lucky ∼HSK 6
天赐 天賜 tiān cì bestowed by heaven ∼HSK 6
良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance; a golden opportunity ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
挚友 摯友 zhì yǒu intimate friend; close friend ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
服兵役 服兵役 fú bīng yì to serve in the army ∼HSK 6
坚持下去 堅持下去 jiān chí xià qù to press on ∼HSK 6
驾崩 駕崩 jià bēng (of an emperor) to pass away ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
共赴 共赴 gòng fù joint participation; to go together ∼HSK 6
奉陪 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
赠与 贈與 zèng yǔ variant of ∼HSK 6
敬仰 敬仰 jìng yǎng to revere; highly esteemed ∼HSK 6
诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers ∼HSK 6
御史 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) ∼HSK 6
郎中 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) ∼HSK 6
吃腻 吃膩 chī nì to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth) ∼HSK 6
主谋 主謀 zhǔ móu mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter ∼HSK 6
宫主 宮主 gōng zhǔ imperial empress; milady ∼HSK 6
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
威猛 威猛 wēi měng bold and powerful ∼HSK 6
闲情逸致 閒情逸致 xián qíng yì zhì leisurely and carefree mood ∼HSK 6
佳人 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
深陷 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) ∼HSK 6
苟且 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex) ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
昏君 昏君 hūn jūn incapable ruler ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
蛊惑 蠱惑 gǔ huò to entice; to lead astray ∼HSK 6
苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful ∼HSK 6
印记 印記 yìn jì imprint; trace ∼HSK 6
驻军 駐軍 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops; garrison ∼HSK 6
觉察 覺察 jué chá to sense; to perceive; to come to realize; to be aware ∼HSK 6
叛党 叛黨 pàn dǎng to betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction ∼HSK 6
休要 休要 xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
未定 未定 wèi dìng undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt ∼HSK 6
温情 溫情 wēn qíng tenderness; warmth; warmhearted; softhearted ∼HSK 6
顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around; (literary) to care for ∼HSK 6
老朽 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) ∼HSK 6