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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已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好看 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不行了 不行了 bù xíng le (coll.) on the point of death; dying Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
赵国 趙國 Zhào Guó Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
燕国 燕國 Yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan (337-370), Later Yan (384-409), Southern Yan (398-410), N Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
秦国 秦國 Qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
韩国 韓國 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
吕不韦 呂不韋 Lǚ Bù wéi Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin, subsequent Qin Dynasty Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng, who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihua Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
关东 關東 Guān dōng Northeast China; Manchuria; lit. east of Shanhai Pass; Kantō region of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
关中 關中 Guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
韩国人 韓國人 Hán guó rén Korean (person) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
太子丹 太子丹 Tài zǐ Dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor) by Jing Ke in 227 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
老子 老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
打下 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
说起来 說起來 shuō qǐlái Say ∼HSK 1
太子 太子 tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
於 於 Yū in, at, on; interjection alas! ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
叩见 叩見 kòu jiàn to kowtow in salute ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1