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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黥 黥 Qíng to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
天杀的 天殺的 tiān shā de Goddam!; goddamn; wretched ∼HSK 5
吕 呂 Lǚ surname; a musical note ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
翦 翦 Jiǎn scissors; cut, clip; annhilate ∼HSK 5
畏 畏 wèi fear, dread, awe, reverence ∼HSK 5
兵器 兵器 bīng qì weapon ∼HSK 5
督 督 dū supervise, oversee, direct ∼HSK 5
亢 亢 Kàng high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name ∼HSK 5
粮草 糧草 liáng cǎo army provisions; rations and fodder ∼HSK 5
无害 無害 wú hài harmless ∼HSK 5
罚酒 罰酒 fá jiǔ to drink as the result of having lost a bet ∼HSK 5
诏 詔 zhào decree, proclaim; imperial decree ∼HSK 5
垛 垛 duǒ heap, pile; pile up, heap up ∼HSK 5
掷 擲 zhì throw, hurl, cast, fling ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
铸 鑄 zhù melt, cast; coin, mint ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
玺 璽 xǐ imperial signet, royal signet ∼HSK 5
襄 襄 Xiāng aid, help, assist; undress ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
萧 蕭 Xiāo common artemisia; dejected ∼HSK 5
兮 兮 xī exclamatory particle ∼HSK 5
陛 陛 bì steps leading throne; throne ∼HSK 5
抬起 抬起 tái qǐ to lift up ∼HSK 5
吓坏 嚇壞 xià huài to be terrified; to terrify sb ∼HSK 5
战国末年 戰國末年 zhàn guó mò nián late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty ∼HSK 5
争雄 爭雄 zhēng xióng to contend for supremacy ∼HSK 5
伍 伍 Wǔ five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
贡 貢 Gòng offer tribute; tribute, gifts ∼HSK 5
军粮 軍糧 jūn liáng army provisions ∼HSK 5
将士 將士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers ∼HSK 5
哉 哉 zāi particle (literary) ∼HSK 5
荐 薦 jiàn repeat, reoccur; recommend ∼HSK 5
放声大哭 放聲大哭 fàng shēng - dà kū to sob loudly; to bawl ∼HSK 5
献出 獻出 xiàn chū to offer; to give (as tribute); to devote (one's life); to sacrifice (oneself) ∼HSK 5
禾 禾 hé grain still on stalk; rice plant ∼HSK 5
黍 黍 shǔ glutinous millet; KangXi radical number 202 ∼HSK 5
夷 夷 yí ancient barbarian tribes ∼HSK 5
挡住 擋住 dǎng zhù to obstruct ∼HSK 5
碣 碣 jié stone tablet ∼HSK 5
恳请 懇請 kěn qǐng to request earnestly ∼HSK 5
悲 悲 bēi sorrow, grief; sorry, sad ∼HSK 5
战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war ∼HSK 5