The Duel

The Duel 2000

juézhàn jīn zhī diān

The sword saint requests a duel with god of sword at the apex of the forbidden city to determine the worlds best. As the date of the duel nears troubles befall the imperial town until everything is revealed at the climactic fight.

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4.23 Intermediate Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung IMDb 5.8

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miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
chú le besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
yóu game; to play HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
zhěng whole; entire; total HSK 3
huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
zhī chí to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by HSK 3
chǔ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Píng nán Pingnang county in Guigang, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Bái yún Baiyun District of Guiyang City, Guizhou; Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Lala, Philippines Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Kara, city in northern Togo; Cara, Karla etc (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
xuě lián snow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2