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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拍手 拍手 pāi shǒu to clap one's hands ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
相位 相位 xiàng wèi phase (waves) ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife; next life ∼HSK 3
作人 作人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; same as 做人 ∼HSK 3
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death; posthumous ∼HSK 3
人相 人相 rén xiàng physiognomy ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
马夫 馬伕 mǎ fū groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer ∼HSK 3
受难 受難 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
要死 要死 yào sǐ extremely; awfully ∼HSK 3
使不得 使不得 shǐ bu de cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable ∼HSK 3
世面 世面 shì miàn the wider world; diverse aspects of society ∼HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
长城 長城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments HSK 3
主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion HSK 3
束 束 shù to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control HSK 3
亲人 親人 qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
不安 不安 bù ān unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried HSK 3
有利 有利 yǒu lì advantageous; favorable HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
果然 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
各地 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country); various regions HSK 3
纪念 紀念 jì niàn to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir HSK 3
齐 齊 qí neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out HSK 3
退出 退出 tuì chū to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) HSK 3
羊 羊 yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
缺 缺 quē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of HSK 3
念 唸 niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
当中 當中 dāng zhōng among; in the middle; in the center HSK 3
亲自 親自 qīn zì personally; in person; oneself HSK 3
女子 女子 nǚ zǐ woman; female HSK 3
桥 橋 qiáo bridge HSK 3
领 領 lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
不必 不必 bù bì need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
困 困 kùn to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3