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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得胜 得勝 dé shèng to triumph over an opponent ∼HSK 3
跳过 跳過 tiào guò to jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc) ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
吃土 吃土 chī tǔ (neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items) ∼HSK 3
大部 大部 dà bù the greater part; the majority; most ∼HSK 3
囊中取物 囊中取物 náng zhōng qǔ wù as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom); in the bag; (as good as) in one's possession ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
刀刃 刀刃 dāo rèn knife blade; crucial point ∼HSK 3
走步 走步 zǒu bù to walk; to step; pace; traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
新婚 新婚 xīn hūn newly wed ∼HSK 3
二代 二代 èr dài second generation ∼HSK 3
再造 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring ∼HSK 3
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake ∼HSK 3
费事 費事 fèi shì troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do sth ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
弄死 弄死 nòng sǐ to kill; to put to death ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
人世间 人世間 rén shì jiān the secular world ∼HSK 3
血流 血流 xuè liú blood flow ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
手把 手把 shǒu bà handle ∼HSK 3
本相 本相 běn xiàng original form ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
三世 三世 sān shì the Third (of numbered kings) ∼HSK 3
万世 萬世 wàn shì all ages ∼HSK 3
活下去 活下去 huó xià qù to survive; to keep on living ∼HSK 3
牛马 牛馬 niú mǎ oxen and horses; beasts of burden; (fig.) drudge; laborer ∼HSK 3
普及 普及 pǔ jí to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive HSK 3
不得已 不得已 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must ∼HSK 3
长城 長城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3
子女 子女 zǐ nǚ children; sons and daughters HSK 3
解开 解開 jiě kāi to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery) HSK 3
歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive HSK 3
整整 整整 zhěng zhěng whole; full HSK 3
家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
缺少 缺少 quē shǎo lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack HSK 3
迎接 迎接 yíng jiē to welcome; to greet HSK 3
文字 文字 wén zì character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology HSK 3
集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
自身 自身 zì shēn itself; oneself; one's own HSK 3
应当 應當 yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
先进 先進 xiān jìn advanced (technology); to advance HSK 3