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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我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
门客 門客 mén kè hanger-on; visitor (in a nobleman's house) ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
国都 國都 guó dū national capital ∼HSK 1
做不到 做不到 zuò bù dào impossible ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
太后 太后 tài hòu Empress Dowager ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
请看 請看 qǐng kàn please see...; vide ∼HSK 1
小女 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
记错 記錯 jì cuò to remember incorrectly ∼HSK 1
后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
小事 小事 xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
不忙 不忙 bù máng there's no hurry; take one's time ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
这天 這天 zhè tiān this day ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
好汉 好漢 hǎo hàn hero; strong and courageous person ∼HSK 1
来日 來日 lái rì future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days ∼HSK 1
听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear ∼HSK 1
左手 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1