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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者 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
长毛 長毛 Cháng máo (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
快点儿 快點兒 kuài diǎn r erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
四海 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
头颅 頭顱 tóu lú head; skull ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
名儿 名兒 míng r name; fame ∼HSK 2