The Emperor and the Assassin

The Emperor and the Assassin 1998

荆轲刺秦王 jīngkē cī qín wáng

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

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4.31 Intermediate Director Chen Kaige 🍅 81%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Lady Zhao Zhang Fengyi Zhang Fengyi Jing Ke Li Xuejian Li Xuejian Ying Zheng Wang Zhiwen Wang Zhiwen Marquis Changxin Sun Zhou Sun Zhou Prince Yan Dan Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Lu Buwei Pan Changjiang Pan Changjiang Prison Official Zhao Benshan Zhao Benshan Gao Jianli Ding Haifeng Ding Haifeng Qin Wuyang Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Blind Girl

Vocabulary

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伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
怨恨 怨恨 yuàn hèn to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
放纵 放縱 fàng zòng to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish HSK 7
埋怨 埋怨 mán yuàn to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame HSK 7
废墟 廢墟 fèi xū ruins HSK 7
野心 野心 yě xīn ambition; wild schemes; careerism HSK 7
追赶 追趕 zhuī gǎn to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake HSK 7
筑 筑 zhù five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhú] HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
归还 歸還 guī huán to return sth; to revert HSK 7
安宁 安寧 Ān níng Anning District of Lanzhou City 兰州市, Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 明, Yunnan HSK 7
竖 豎 shù to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) HSK 7
一心 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
持久 持久 chí jiǔ lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long HSK 7
稍后 稍後 shāo hòu in a little while; in a moment; later on HSK 7
后代 後代 hòu dài descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations HSK 7
虽说 雖說 suī shuō though; although HSK 7
口水 口水 kǒu shuǐ saliva HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
震动 震動 zhèn dòng to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration HSK 7
即可 即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) and that will suffice HSK 7
末日 末日 Mò rì Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology) HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
塌 塌 tā to collapse; to droop; to settle down HSK 7
迎 迎 yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
解救 解救 jiě jiù to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation HSK 7
腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action) HSK 7
验 驗 yàn to examine; to test; to check HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
棋 棊 qí chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
痒 癢 yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
下令 下令 xià lìng to give an order; to command HSK 7
朝着 朝著 cháo zhe towards HSK 7
盼 盼 pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
意图 意圖 yì tú intent; intention; to intend HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
流血 流血 liú xuè to bleed; to shed blood HSK 7
哭泣 哭泣 kū qì to weep HSK 7