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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大器 大器 dà qì very capable person; precious object ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
流于 流於 liú yú to change (for the worse) ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
嗓音 嗓音 sǎng yīn voice ∼HSK 5
擂 擂 léi rub, grind; grind with a mortar and pestle; triturate ∼HSK 5
有资格 有資格 yǒu zī gé to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified ∼HSK 5
妃 妃 fēi concubine ∼HSK 5
亥 亥 hài 12th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 5
虽是 雖是 suī shì although; even though; even if ∼HSK 5
严惩 嚴懲 yán chéng to punish severely ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
滥 濫 làn flood, overflow; excessive ∼HSK 5
晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation; those who come after ∼HSK 5
战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war ∼HSK 5
覆 覆 fù cover; tip over; return; reply ∼HSK 5
对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront; to face the enemy ∼HSK 5
大势 大勢 dà shì overall trend ∼HSK 5
入睡 入睡 rù shuì to fall asleep ∼HSK 5
势在必得 勢在必得 shì zài bì dé to be determined to win (idiom) ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
策 策 Cè scheme, plan; to whip; urge ∼HSK 5
遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains ∼HSK 5
石棺 石棺 shí guān sarcophagus ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
下锅 下鍋 xià guō to put into the pot (to cook) ∼HSK 5
膄 膄 sòu to become emaciated ∼HSK 5
腊 臘 xī year end sacrifice; dried meat ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
度量衡 度量衡 dù liàng héng measurement ∼HSK 5
牍 牘 dú writing tablet; documents, books ∼HSK 5
驼 駝 tuó a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back ∼HSK 5
保护神 保護神 bǎo hù shén patron saint; guardian angel ∼HSK 5
有胆量 有膽量 yǒu dǎn liàng courageous ∼HSK 5
有如 有如 yǒu rú to be like sth; similar to; alike ∼HSK 5
淫 淫 yín obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
抵 抵 dǐ resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
有染 有染 yǒu rǎn to have an affair with sb ∼HSK 5
违 違 wéi disobey, violate, defy; be apart from ∼HSK 5
请罪 請罪 qǐng zuì to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness ∼HSK 5
欢庆 歡慶 huān qìng to celebrate ∼HSK 5
纠 糾 jiū investigate, inspect ∼HSK 5
爵 爵 jué feudal title or rank ∼HSK 5
探究 探究 tàn jiū to investigate; to delve; to probe; to enquire into; to look into ∼HSK 5
督 督 dū supervise, oversee, direct ∼HSK 5
竣 竣 jùn terminate, end, finish; quit ∼HSK 5
高寿 高壽 gāo shòu longevity; venerable age; your venerable age? ∼HSK 5
颈 頸 gěng neck, throat ∼HSK 5