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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仲父 仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother; (sometimes used to refer to Confucius) ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
法办 法辦 fǎ bàn to bring to justice; to punish according to the law ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
貌相 貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial); looks; to judge a person by appearances ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
相安无事 相安無事 xiāng ān wú shì (idiom) to live together in harmony ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
犯人 犯人 fàn rén convict; prisoner; criminal ∼HSK 4
安生 安生 ān shēng peaceful; restful; quiet; still ∼HSK 4
思量 思量 sī liang to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind ∼HSK 4
侍卫 侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
卫士 衛士 wèi shì guardian; defender ∼HSK 4
松开 鬆開 sōng kāi to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose ∼HSK 4
自首 自首 zì shǒu to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) ∼HSK 4
万户侯 萬戶侯 wàn hù hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles ∼HSK 4
无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
落难 落難 luò nàn to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits ∼HSK 4
而后 而後 ér hòu after that; then ∼HSK 4
生父 生父 shēng fù biological father ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
昨夜 昨夜 zuó yè last night ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
羞辱 羞辱 xiū rǔ to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity ∼HSK 4
王孙 王孫 wáng sūn children of the nobility ∼HSK 4
派兵 派兵 pài bīng to dispatch troops ∼HSK 4
首级 首級 shǒu jí severed head ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
朝拜 朝拜 cháo bài to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
守信用 守信用 shǒu xìn yòng to keep one's word; trustworthy ∼HSK 4
一律 一律 yī lǜ same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
转告 轉告 zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4
难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
替代 替代 tì dài to substitute for; to replace; to supersede HSK 4
骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
力气 力氣 lì qi strength HSK 4
成人 成人 chéng rén adult HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
扫 掃 sǎo to sweep HSK 4
尽力 盡力 jìn lì to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4