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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
6.05 Advanced

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth HSK 7
醒目 醒目 xǐng mù eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration) HSK 7
延误 延誤 yán wu to delay; to be held up; to miss (an opportunity); delay; holdup HSK 7
废除 廢除 fèi chú to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal HSK 7
领悟 領悟 lǐng wù to understand; to comprehend HSK 7
喜好 喜好 xǐ hào to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference HSK 7
烈士 烈士 liè shì martyr HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
怨恨 怨恨 yuàn hèn to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor HSK 7
收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge HSK 7
呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
散布 散佈 sàn bù to disseminate HSK 7
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall HSK 7
遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind; to hand down HSK 7
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) HSK 7
驾驭 駕馭 jià yù to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
不愧 不愧 bù kuì to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be HSK 7
上瘾 上癮 shàng yǐn to get into a habit; to become addicted HSK 7
常人 常人 cháng rén ordinary person HSK 7
过失 過失 guò shī error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency HSK 7
纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into; to incorporate HSK 7
平息 平息 píng xī to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress HSK 7
无形 無形 wú xíng incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible HSK 7
旺盛 旺盛 wàng shèng vigorous; exuberant HSK 7
务必 務必 wù bì must; to need to; to be sure to HSK 7
振奋 振奮 zhèn fèn to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire HSK 7
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
聘 聘 pìn to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman) HSK 7
玄 玄 xuán black; mysterious HSK 7
拟 擬 nǐ to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- HSK 7
筑 筑 zhù five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhú] HSK 7
抚摸 撫摸 fǔ mō to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle HSK 7
坟墓 墳墓 fén mù grave; tomb HSK 7
礼仪 禮儀 lǐ yí etiquette; ceremony HSK 7
管用 管用 guǎn yòng efficacious; useful HSK 7
俘虏 俘虜 fú lǔ captive HSK 7
细心 細心 xì xīn careful; attentive HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
玩耍 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do); to amuse oneself HSK 7
根源 根源 gēn yuán origin; root (cause) HSK 7
相伴 相伴 xiāng bàn to accompany sb; to accompany each other HSK 7
暗杀 暗殺 àn shā to assassinate HSK 7
山顶 山頂 shān dǐng hilltop HSK 7
更改 更改 gēng gǎi to alter HSK 7
分明 分明 fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7