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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尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
操之过急 操之過急 cāo zhī guò jí to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty Idiom ∼HSK 6
名垂青史 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory Idiom ∼HSK 6
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be Idiom ∼HSK 6
如出一辙 如出一轍 rú chū yī zhé to be precisely the same; to be no different Idiom ∼HSK 6
了如指掌 瞭如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out Idiom ∼HSK 6
身经百战 身經百戰 shēn jīng bǎi zhàn lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned Idiom ∼HSK 6
如日中天 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc Idiom ∼HSK 6
以毒攻毒 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
行尸走肉 行屍走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu walking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟且偷生 苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence Idiom ∼HSK 6
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
倒背如流 倒背如流 dào bèi rú liú to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) Idiom ∼HSK 6
天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from) Idiom ∼HSK 6
拭目以待 拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see Idiom ∼HSK 6
想入非非 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild Idiom ∼HSK 6
咄咄逼人 咄咄逼人 duō duō bī rén overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious Idiom ∼HSK 6
一网打尽 一網打盡 yī wǎng dǎ jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go Idiom ∼HSK 6
大相径庭 大相徑庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom); poles apart Idiom ∼HSK 6
千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon Idiom ∼HSK 6
堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth Idiom ∼HSK 6
万寿无疆 萬壽無疆 wàn shòu wú jiāng may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live Idiom ∼HSK 6
相形见绌 相形見絀 xiāng xíng jiàn chù to pale by comparison (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
进退维谷 進退維谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation Idiom ∼HSK 6