The Emperor's Shadow 1996
秦颂
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.
Vocabulary
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| 头颅 頭顱 | head; skull | |
| 女阴 女陰 | vulva; pudenda | |
| 多时 多時 | long time | |
| 万岁 萬歲 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | |
| 音节 音節 | syllable | |
| 不见得 不見得 | not necessarily; not likely | |
| 回国 回國 | to return to one's home country | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 大海 大海 | sea; ocean | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 全体 全體 | all; entire | |
| 请求 請求 | to request; to ask; request | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 道路 道路 | road; path; way | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 红色 紅色 | red (color); revolutionary | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 相同 相同 | identical; same | |
| 合适 合適 | suitable; fitting; appropriate | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 实际 實際 | reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 墙 牆 | wall |