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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| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 一回事 一回事 | one and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another) | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 地图 地圖 | map | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |