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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Vocabulary

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shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
to bet; to gamble HSK 6
yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
gōng zhǔ princess HSK 6
lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
hāi oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) HSK 6
foot; to be sufficient; ample HSK 6
jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
běn shēn itself; in itself; per se HSK 6
mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) HSK 6
shuǎng bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate HSK 6
pāo puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces HSK 6
yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
a drop; to drip HSK 6
zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
bào to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil HSK 6
xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
yīng xióng hero HSK 6
Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
as; as if; such as HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
suǒ xiàng to be invincible; unrivalled Idiom ∼HSK 5
bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
guǐ jiào (coll.) to holler; to squawk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
zhī human limbs; animal feet ∼HSK 5
I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
lín martial arts (social) circles ∼HSK 5
zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
imperial signet, royal signet ∼HSK 5
Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
shī younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5