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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可人 可人 kě rén pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
信得过 信得過 xìn de guò trustworthy; reliable ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
元气 元氣 yuán qì vigor; strength; vitality ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
平平常常 平平常常 píng píng cháng cháng nothing out of the ordinary; unglamorous ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
草鞋 草鞋 cǎo xié straw sandals ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
面谕 面諭 miàn yù to instruct sb personally ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
向西 向西 xiàng xī westward ∼HSK 2
质 質 zhì matter, material, substance ∼HSK 2
封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
不知去向 不知去向 bù zhī qù xiàng whereabouts unknown; gone missing ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
假话 假話 jiǎ huà a lie; untrue statement; misstatement ∼HSK 2
不备 不備 bù bèi unprepared; off guard ∼HSK 2
夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level; to raze to the ground ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
带去 帶去 dài qu to take along with one ∼HSK 2
看得出 看得出 kàn de chū can see; can tell ∼HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring; of no interest ∼HSK 2
有点儿 有點兒 yǒu diǎn r slightly; a little; somewhat HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice; (speak) in whispers HSK 2
做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal; to cook HSK 2
大海 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
北方 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2