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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说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
天籁 天籟 tiān lài sounds of nature ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
爱子 愛子 ài zǐ beloved son ∼HSK 1
下人 下人 xià rén (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren ∼HSK 1
想出 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) ∼HSK 1
有一次 有一次 yǒu yī cì once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
语 語 yǔ language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child; (humble) my son ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
过高 過高 guò gāo too high ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
第二次 第二次 dì èr cì the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
老弟 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal ∼HSK 1
真人 真人 zhēn rén a real person; Daoist spiritual master ∼HSK 1
十九 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
医 醫 yī cure, heal; doctor, medical ∼HSK 1
天子 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
重重 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
干涸 乾涸 gān hé to dry up ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
九卿 九卿 jiǔ qīng the nine top officials (in imperial China) ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
我这个人 我這個人 wǒ zhè ge rén me personally; the sort of person I am ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
影 影 yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
十三 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
昨日 昨日 zuó rì yesterday ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
阉人 閹人 yān rén a castrate ∼HSK 1
打下手 打下手 dǎ xià shǒu to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle ∼HSK 1
累累 累累 léi léi (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of; (literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched; Taiwan pr. [lei3 lei3] ∼HSK 1
了得 了得 liǎo de exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling ∼HSK 1
日出 日出 rì chū sunrise ∼HSK 1