The Emperor's Shadow 1996
秦颂
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.
Vocabulary
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| 部位 部位 | part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc) | |
| 手法 手法 | technique; trick; skill | |
| 肩 肩 | shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 暂停 暫停 | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player) | |
| 干扰 干擾 | to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics) | |
| 骗子 騙子 | swindler; a cheat | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 此刻 此刻 | this moment; now; at present | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 过于 過於 | too much; excessively | |
| 返回 返回 | to return to; to come (or go) back | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 如同 如同 | like; as | |
| 耐心 耐心 | to be patient; patience | |
| 随意 隨意 | as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 拥抱 擁抱 | to embrace; to hug | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 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 | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 在场 在場 | to be present; to be on the scene | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 代价 代價 | price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) | |
| 乘 乘 | to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 说法 說法 | to expound Buddhist teachings |