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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待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
有去无回 有去無回 yǒu qù wú huí gone forever (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
嬴政 嬴政 Yíng Zhèng Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荆轲 荊軻 Jīng Kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嫪毐 嫪毐 Lào Ǎi Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis; in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
邯郸 邯鄲 Hán dān Handan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
咸阳 咸陽 Xián yáng Xianyang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦军 秦軍 Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新郑 新鄭 Xīn zhèng Xinzheng, county-level city in Zhengzhou, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李斯 李斯 Lǐ Sī Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吕氏春秋 呂氏春秋 Lǚ shì Chūn qiū lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[ Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国联 國聯 Guó Lián abbr. for, League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
匈奴 匈奴 Xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
泰山 泰山 Tài Shān Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
牵牛 牽牛 Qiān niú Altair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
城池 城池 chéng chí city Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
舞阳 舞陽 Wǔ yáng Wuyang county in Luohe, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
大王 大王 dà wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
刺客 刺客 cì kè assassin ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
先王 先王 xiān wáng former sovereigns ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
危 危 Wēi dangerous, precarious; high ∼HSK 4
有罪 有罪 yǒu zuì guilty ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up ∼HSK 4
环抱 環抱 huán bào to encircle; to surround; to embrace ∼HSK 4
兵士 兵士 bīng shì ordinary soldier ∼HSK 4