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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Vocabulary

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究 究 jiū examine, investigate ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
博大 博大 bó dà broad; extensive ∼HSK 4
童身 童身 tóng shēn undefiled body; virginity; virgin ∼HSK 4
童子 童子 tóng zǐ boy ∼HSK 4
禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital; the palace guard (or a member of that unit) ∼HSK 4
方圆 方圓 fāng yuán perimeter; range; (within) a radius of... ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
幽 幽 yōu quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark ∼HSK 4
名列 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc); to be among (those who are in a particular group) ∼HSK 4
伎俩 伎倆 jì liǎng trick; scheme; ploy; skill ∼HSK 4
户籍 戶籍 hù jí census register; household register ∼HSK 4
效法 效法 xiào fǎ to imitate; to follow the example of ∼HSK 4
失败者 失敗者 shī bài zhě loser ∼HSK 4
成败在此一举 成敗在此一舉 chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ win or lose, it all ends here; this is the moment to shine ∼HSK 4
治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country ∼HSK 4
渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
沙场 沙場 shā chǎng sandpit; battleground; battlefield ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
血腥 血腥 xuè xīng reeking of blood; bloody (events) ∼HSK 4
叩拜 叩拜 kòu bài to bow in salute; to kowtow ∼HSK 4
位列 位列 wèi liè to rank ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
兵士 兵士 bīng shì ordinary soldier ∼HSK 4
不测 不測 bù cè unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap ∼HSK 4
升官 升官 shēng guān to get promoted ∼HSK 4
强暴 強暴 qiáng bào violent; to rape ∼HSK 4
细细 細細 xì xì attentive; careful ∼HSK 4
烧红 燒紅 shāo hóng to heat until red-hot ∼HSK 4
王妃 王妃 wáng fēi princess (in Europe) ∼HSK 4
无干 無干 wú gān to have nothing to do with ∼HSK 4
方士 方士 fāng shì alchemist; necromancer ∼HSK 4
玷污 玷汙 diàn wū to stain; to sully; to tarnish ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4
血案 血案 xuè àn murder case ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
胜利者 勝利者 shèng lì zhě victor; winner ∼HSK 4
五官 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features ∼HSK 4
移位 移位 yí wèi to shift; shift; translocation; displacement; (medicine) dislocation ∼HSK 4
流沙 流沙 liú shā quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava ∼HSK 4
学问 學問 xué wèn learning; knowledge HSK 4
一律 一律 yī lǜ same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
细致 細緻 xì zhì delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking HSK 4
味儿 味兒 wèi r taste HSK 4
一再 一再 yī zài repeatedly HSK 4
痛快 痛快 tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4