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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蛇蝎 蛇蠍 shé xiē (fig.) malevolent; treacherous ∼HSK 5
伐 伐 fá cut down, subjugate, attack ∼HSK 5
加之 加之 jiā zhī moreover; in addition to that ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
绝食 絕食 jué shí to go on a hunger strike ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
大业 大業 dà yè great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
食言 食言 shí yán to break one's promise ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
委派 委派 wěi pài to appoint ∼HSK 5
屠 屠 Tú butcher, slaughter, massacre ∼HSK 5
灸 灸 jiǔ cauterize with moxa; moxibustion ∼HSK 5
鼎 鼎 dǐng large, three-legged bronze caldron ∼HSK 5
可否 可否 kě fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
惑 惑 huò confuse, mislead, baffle; doubt ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
吏 吏 lì government official, magistrate ∼HSK 5
泣 泣 qì cry, sob, weep ∼HSK 5
何尝 何嘗 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... ∼HSK 5
枷 枷 jiā cangue scaffold ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
盔甲 盔甲 kuī jiǎ armor; body armor and helmet ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
哉 哉 zāi particle (literary) ∼HSK 5
昭 昭 zhāo bright, luminous; illustrious ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
貉 貉 hé badger; raccoon dog ∼HSK 5
黔 黔 Qián black; Guizhou ∼HSK 5
丘 丘 Qiū hill; elder; empty; a name ∼HSK 5
函 函 hán correspondence; a case; a box ∼HSK 5
固 固 gù to become solid, solidify; strength ∼HSK 5
夙敌 夙敵 sù dí old foe; long-standing enemy ∼HSK 5
行将 行將 xíng jiāng ready to start on sth; about to act ∼HSK 5
奋战 奮戰 fèn zhàn to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard ∼HSK 5
敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
大义 大義 dà yì righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing ∼HSK 5
立下 立下 lì xià to set up; to establish ∼HSK 5
矩 榘 jǔ variant of ∼HSK 5
叛 叛 pàn rebel; rebellion; rebellious ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
威名 威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess; military glory ∼HSK 5
赦免 赦免 shè miǎn to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment ∼HSK 5
纷争 紛爭 fēn zhēng to dispute ∼HSK 5
畜 畜 chù livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal ∼HSK 5