The Emperor's Shadow

The Emperor's Shadow 1996

秦颂 qín sòng

Epic drama about China's first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.

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Vocabulary

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木炭 木炭 mù tàn charcoal ∼HSK 6
受刑 受刑 shòu xíng beaten; tortured; executed ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
稀里糊涂 稀裏糊塗 xī li hú tu muddleheaded; careless ∼HSK 6
雅士 雅士 yǎ shì elegant scholar ∼HSK 6
抗击 抗擊 kàng jī to resist (an aggressor); to oppose (a menace) ∼HSK 6
只消 只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need; it only takes ∼HSK 6
改嫁 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
袖子 袖子 xiù zi sleeve ∼HSK 6
情欲 情慾 qíng yù lust; desire; sensual ∼HSK 6
舌根 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal ∼HSK 6
凶相 兇相 xiōng xiàng ferocious appearance ∼HSK 6
如若 如若 rú ruò if ∼HSK 6
为国捐躯 為國捐軀 wèi guó juān qū 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 国: nation, country, nation-state · 捐: contribute; give up, renounce · 躯: body ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼HSK 6
挖掉 挖掉 wā diào to dig out; to eradicate ∼HSK 6
双乳 雙乳 shuāng rǔ breasts ∼HSK 6
鸟兽 鳥獸 niǎo shòu birds and beasts; fauna ∼HSK 6
功烈 功烈 gōng liè achievement ∼HSK 6
服毒 服毒 fú dú to take poison ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
惨状 慘狀 cǎn zhuàng devastation; miserable condition ∼HSK 6
不堪入目 不堪入目 bù kān rù mù unbearable to look at; an eyesore ∼HSK 6
巡游 巡遊 xún yóu to cruise; to patrol ∼HSK 6
六合之内 六合之內 liù hé zhī nèi 六: number six · 合: combine, unite, join; gather · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 内: inside ∼HSK 6
五帝 五帝 wǔ dì the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Di Ku, Tang Yao and Yu Shun ∼HSK 6
莫不 莫不 mò bù none doesn't; there is none who isn't; everyone ∼HSK 6
终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year; throughout the year; age at death HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
喘气 喘氣 chuǎn qì to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath HSK 6
发怒 發怒 fā nù to get angry HSK 6
两侧 兩側 liǎng cè two sides; both sides HSK 6
国歌 國歌 guó gē national anthem HSK 6
不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally; from time to time HSK 6
只得 只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to HSK 6
看得见 看得見 kàn dé jiàn can see; visible HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
用处 用處 yòng chu usefulness HSK 6
领取 領取 lǐng qǔ to receive; to draw; to get HSK 6
淹没 淹沒 yān mò to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) HSK 6
截止 截止 jié zhǐ to close; to stop; to put a stop to sth; cut-off point; stopping point; deadline HSK 6
奏 奏 zòu to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
去掉 去掉 qù diào to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
黑夜 黑夜 hēi yè night HSK 6
父子 父子 fù zǐ father and son HSK 6