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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| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 美妙 美妙 | beautiful; wonderful; splendid | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 杀害 殺害 | to murder | |
| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 帝国 帝國 | empire; imperial | |
| 背叛 背叛 | to betray | |
| 擅长 擅長 | to be good at; to be expert in | |
| 劫 刦 | to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 | |
| 距 距 | at a distance of; distance; to be apart | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 惩罚 懲罰 | penalty; punishment; to punish | |
| 雾 霧 | fog; mist | |
| 优雅 優雅 | grace; graceful | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 民众 民眾 | the populace; the masses; the common people | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 兼 兼 | double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 汁 汁 | juice | |
| 完毕 完畢 | to finish; to end; to complete | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 恐惧 恐懼 | to be frightened; fear; dread | |
| 栋 棟 | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 奇迹 奇跡 | miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 之所以 之所以 | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | |
| 创 創 | a wound; cut; injury; trauma | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 置 置 | to install; to place; to put; to buy |