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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把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom); fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc; natural and unforced Idiom ∼HSK 2
左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma Idiom ∼HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
东海 東海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成大 成大 Chéng - Dà National Cheng Kung University Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
海东 海東 Hǎi dōng Haidong, prefecture-level city in Qinghai Province; (also can refer to Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula, Bohai or Japan, depending on the historical context) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
天道 天道 tiān dào natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
小狗 小狗 xiǎo gǒu pup; puppy ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
交欢 交歡 jiāo huān to have cordial relations with each other; to have sexual intercourse ∼HSK 2
平天下 平天下 píng tiān xià to pacify the country ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
更衣 更衣 gēng yī to change clothes; to go to the toilet (euphemism) ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
排场 排場 pái chang ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
道喜 道喜 dào xǐ to congratulate ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
求欢 求歡 qiú huān to proposition a woman ∼HSK 2
斤两 斤兩 jīn liǎng weight; (fig.) importance ∼HSK 2
轻生 輕生 qīng shēng a suicide; to commit suicide ∼HSK 2
听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard ∼HSK 2