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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载 載 zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
长女 長女 zhǎng nǚ eldest daughter ∼HSK 2
手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale ∼HSK 2
四海 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
爵位 爵位 jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke, Marquis, Count, Viscount, Baron ∼HSK 2
三级 三級 sān jí grade 3; third class; category C ∼HSK 2
花草 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
篡改 篡改 cuàn gǎi to tamper with; to falsify ∼HSK 2
了不得 了不得 liǎo bu de terrific; terrible; (after) very ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
得不到 得不到 dé bù dào cannot get; cannot obtain ∼HSK 2
高位 高位 gāo wèi high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc ∼HSK 2
不体面 不體面 bù tǐ miàn to not appear to be decent or respectful; shameful ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
不中意 不中意 bù zhòng yì not to one's liking ∼HSK 2
备下 備下 bèi xià to prepare; to arrange (sth to be offered) ∼HSK 2
妻妾 妻妾 qī qiè wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
气度 氣度 qì dù bearing; manner; presence ∼HSK 2
假借 假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of; to use sth as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic asso ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
助兴 助興 zhù xìng to add to the fun; to liven things up ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
写完 寫完 xiě wán to finish writing ∼HSK 2
水流 水流 shuǐ liú river; stream ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
红装 紅裝 hóng zhuāng variant of ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
气数 氣數 qì shu fate; destiny; one's lot ∼HSK 2
开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2