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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| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 彼此 彼此 | each other; one another | |
| 狂 狂 | mad; wild; violent | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 流言蜚语 流言蜚語 | rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders | Idiom |
| 痴人说梦 痴人說夢 | lunatic ravings; nonsense | Idiom |
| 大获全胜 大獲全勝 | to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election) | Idiom |
| 反败为胜 反敗為勝 | to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide | Idiom |
| 高官厚禄 高官厚祿 | high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position | Idiom |
| 寒心 寒心 | disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |