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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此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
区区小事 區區小事 qū qū xiǎo shì trivial matter; trifle Idiom ∼HSK 3
天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative; unconstrained in style Idiom ∼HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
齐国 齊國 Qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
楚国 楚國 Chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
天台 天台 Tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
徐福 徐福 Xú Fú Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
都城 都城 dū chéng capital city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
秦朝 秦朝 Qín cháo Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
六合 六合 Lù hé Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大夏 大夏 Dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
强奸 強姦 qiáng jiān to rape ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
大典 大典 dà diǎn ceremony; collection of classical writings ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
乐师 樂師 yuè shī musician ∼HSK 3
要死 要死 yào sǐ extremely; awfully ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
救活 救活 jiù huó to bring back to life ∼HSK 3
鱼龙 魚龍 yú lóng ichthyosaur ∼HSK 3
动心 動心 dòng xīn to be moved; to be tempted ∼HSK 3
耳 耳 ěr ear; merely, only; handle ∼HSK 3
本朝 本朝 běn cháo the current dynasty ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
控 控 kòng accuse, charge; control ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
禀报 稟報 bǐng bào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 3
以此 以此 yǐ cǐ with this; thereby; thus; because of this ∼HSK 3
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre; minor key (in music) ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
音 音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
裤裆 褲襠 kù dāng crotch of trousers ∼HSK 3
简 簡 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct, a letter ∼HSK 3
乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3