The Duel

The Duel 2000

决战紫禁之巅 juézhàn zǐ 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

Cast

Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Dragon 9 Vicky Zhao Vicky Zhao Princess Phoenix Andy Lau Andy Lau Cool-Son Yeh Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Simon the Snow Blower 'Saint of Sword' Kristy Yang Rongru Kristy Yang Rongru Ye Ziqing Tien Hsin Tien Hsin Jade Patrick Tam Yiu-Man Patrick Tam Yiu-Man The Emperor Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong Gold Moustache Geng Le Geng Le Eunuch Liu Tong Norman Tsui Siu-Keung Norman Tsui Siu-Keung Lin Yun He/Thief Ghost

Vocabulary

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就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
大盗 大盜 dà dào thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety) ∼HSK 6
密探 密探 mì tàn secret agent; detective; covert investigator ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
情书 情書 qíng shū love letter ∼HSK 6
缉捕 緝捕 jī bǔ to seize; to apprehend; an arrest ∼HSK 6
物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī - yuán zhǔ (idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner ∼HSK 6
剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing; sword-play ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
决斗 決鬥 jué dòu to duel; a duel; decisive struggle ∼HSK 6
如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) ∼HSK 6
赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
泥人 泥人 ní rén clay figurine ∼HSK 6
侠客 俠客 xiá kè chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 6
荒郊 荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town ∼HSK 6
野岭 野嶺 yě líng wild ridges; desolate mountain ridges ∼HSK 6
雅致 雅緻 yǎ zhì elegant; refined; in good taste ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
替天行道 替天行道 tì tiān xíng dào to enforce justice on Heaven's behalf (idiom); to right wrongs as Heaven's agent ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
遮掩 遮掩 zhē yǎn to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) ∼HSK 6
挡箭牌 擋箭牌 dǎng jiàn pái shield; (fig.) excuse ∼HSK 6
皇粮 皇糧 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops; funds or items supplied by the government ∼HSK 6
口德 口德 kǒu dé propriety in speech ∼HSK 6
留情 留情 liú qíng to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient ∼HSK 6
西洋镜 西洋鏡 xī yáng jìng (old) peep show; (fig.) hanky-panky; trickery ∼HSK 6
召集人 召集人 zhào jí rén convener ∼HSK 6
叱咤 叱吒 chì zhà to rebuke angrily ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
缩成 縮成 suō chéng to shrink into ∼HSK 6
德行 德行 dé xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
渺茫 渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
霸气 霸氣 bà qì imperious; aggressive; assertive; dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:) ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
决一胜负 決一勝負 jué yī shèng fù to fight it out and settle who wins (idiom); to decide the contest once and for all ∼HSK 6
定夺 定奪 dìng duó to make a decision; to determine ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
普天之下 普天之下 pǔ tiān zhī xià all under heaven; throughout the whole world (idiom) ∼HSK 6
赖皮 賴皮 lài pí shameless; (slang) rascal ∼HSK 6
稀里哗啦 稀里嘩啦 xī li huā lā (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc); smashed to pieces; completely routed ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
中招 中招 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment ∼HSK 6
赌注 賭注 dǔ zhù stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake ∼HSK 6
可解 可解 kě jiě soluble (i.e. can be solved) ∼HSK 6
解毒 解毒 jiě dú to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6