The Emperor and the Assassin 1998
荆轲刺秦王
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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Vocabulary
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| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 等候 等候 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 边境 邊境 | frontier; border | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 饮食 飲食 | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 四周 四周 | all around | |
| 摘 摘 | to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 献 獻 | to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) | |
| 决不 決不 | not at all; simply (can) not | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 建造 建造 | to construct; to build | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild |