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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阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
父 父 fù father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
邦 邦 bāng nation, country, state ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
五音 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely:,,, ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
造字 造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters ∼HSK 3
登上 登上 dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount ∼HSK 3
跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream ∼HSK 3
小刀 小刀 xiǎo dāo knife ∼HSK 3
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
世世 世世 shì shì from age to age ∼HSK 3
羊羔 羊羔 yáng gāo lamb ∼HSK 3
殷富 殷富 yīn fù well off; prosperous ∼HSK 3
海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun ∼HSK 3
露出 露出 lù chū to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] ∼HSK 3
一并 一並 yī bìng variant of ∼HSK 3
久等 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time ∼HSK 3
抗 抗 kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair; former matter ∼HSK 3
难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
之至 之至 zhī zhì extremely ∼HSK 3
所生 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) ∼HSK 3
二者 二者 èr zhě both; both of them; neither ∼HSK 3
皮肉 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily ∼HSK 3
坏死 壞死 huài sǐ necrosis ∼HSK 3
起居 起居 qǐ jū everyday life; regular pattern of life ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
飞龙 飛龍 fēi lóng wyvern (type of dragon) ∼HSK 3
骑马 騎馬 qí mǎ to ride a horse ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
有约在先 有約在先 yǒu yuē zài xiān to have a prior engagement ∼HSK 3
把屎 把屎 bǎ shǐ to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she defecates ∼HSK 3
黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) ∼HSK 3
罪行 罪行 zuì xíng crime; offense ∼HSK 3
升任 升任 shēng rèn to be promoted to ∼HSK 3
牛皮 牛皮 niú pí cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
轻伤 輕傷 qīng shāng lightly wounded; minor injuries ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
血性 血性 xuè xìng brave; staunch; unyielding ∼HSK 3
典 典 diǎn law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes; at times ∼HSK 3