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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仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
池 池 Chí pool, pond; moat; cistern ∼HSK 5
匠 匠 jiàng craftsman, artisan; workman ∼HSK 5
刺杀 刺殺 cì shā to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
叩 叩 kòu knock, ask; kowtow, bow ∼HSK 5
隐 隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret ∼HSK 5
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman ∼HSK 5
渐 漸 jiān gradually ∼HSK 5
盲 盲 máng blind; unperceptive, shortsighted ∼HSK 5
豆 荳 dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general; commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess; fig. old-timer; veteran ∼HSK 5
统帅 統帥 tǒng shuài command; commander-in-chief ∼HSK 5
钺 鉞 yuè broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd ∼HSK 5
歇息 歇息 xiēxi rest ∼HSK 5
唤 喚 huàn summon, call ∼HSK 5
禁军 禁軍 jìn jūn imperial guard ∼HSK 5
擒 擒 qín capture ∼HSK 5
奸 奸 jiān crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 5
掼 摜 guàn throw ground; know, be familiar ∼HSK 5
秽 穢 huì dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene ∼HSK 5
后宫 後宮 hòu gōng harem; chambers of imperial concubines ∼HSK 5
蓄意 蓄意 xù yì deliberate; premeditated; malice ∼HSK 5
孝子 孝子 xiào zǐ filial son ∼HSK 5
身孕 身孕 shēn yùn pregnancy; pregnant ∼HSK 5
统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead; to command; commander; officer ∼HSK 5
马鞭 馬鞭 mǎ biān horsewhip ∼HSK 5
膝 厀 xī knee ∼HSK 5
邑 邑 yì area, district, city, state ∼HSK 5
神速 神速 shén sù lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development ∼HSK 5
囚 囚 qiú prisoner, convict; confine ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
传令 傳令 chuán lìng to transmit an order ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
大军 大軍 dà jūn army; main forces ∼HSK 5
绳索 繩索 shéng suǒ rope ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
可比 可比 kě bǐ comparable ∼HSK 5
蝇 蠅 yíng flies ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
调动 調動 diào dòng to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play HSK 5
不停 不停 bù tíng incessant HSK 5