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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不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
习 習 Xí practice; flapping wings ∼HSK 1
各国 各國 gè guó each country; every country; various countries ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
拿下 拿下 ná xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
右手 右手 yòu shǒu right hand; right-hand side ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
婊子 婊子 biǎo zi prostitute; whore ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
多个 多個 duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
重病 重病 zhòng bìng serious illness ∼HSK 1
国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation; politics ∼HSK 1
第三十 第三十 dì sān shí thirtieth ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
大雨 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain ∼HSK 1
重用 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
正事 正事 zhèng shì one's proper business ∼HSK 1
大用 大用 dà yòng to put sb in powerful position; to empower ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
和好 和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled; on good terms with each other ∼HSK 1
白日 白日 bái rì daytime; sun; time ∼HSK 1