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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束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis Idiom ∼HSK 6
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate Idiom ∼HSK 6
付之东流 付之東流 fù zhī dōng liú to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably Idiom ∼HSK 6
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不堪入耳 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 堪: adequately capable of, worthy of · 入: enter, come in(to), join · 耳: ear; merely, only; handle Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
露一手 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities; to exhibit one's skills Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后继有人 後繼有人 hòu jì yǒu rén (idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
凑数 湊數 còu shù to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
父王 父王 fù wáng Father (royal address) ∼HSK 6
灭掉 滅掉 miè diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
囚徒 囚徒 qiú tú prisoner ∼HSK 6
恩准 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow ∼HSK 6
谱曲 譜曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music ∼HSK 6
疆土 疆土 jiāng tǔ territory ∼HSK 6
谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state ∼HSK 6
聋子 聾子 lóng zi deaf person ∼HSK 6
收缴 收繳 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture; to force sb to hand over sth; to levy ∼HSK 6
瘫子 癱子 tān zi paralyzed person ∼HSK 6
宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
私情 私情 sī qíng personal considerations; love affair ∼HSK 6
主祭 主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral ∼HSK 6
自古以来 自古以來 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times ∼HSK 6
谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music); (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) ∼HSK 6
菖蒲 菖蒲 chāng pú Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag ∼HSK 6
应验 應驗 yìng yàn to come true; to come about as predicted; to be fulfilled ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
斩杀 斬殺 zhǎn shā to behead ∼HSK 6
行刑 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence; execution ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
雅乐 雅樂 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou; Korean a'ak; Japanese gagaku ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
震聋发聩 震聾發聵 zhèn lóng fā kuì 震: shake, quake, tremor; excite · 聋: deaf · 发: issue, dispatch, send out; hair · 聩: deaf ∼HSK 6
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) ∼HSK 6
御医 御醫 yù yī imperial physician ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
告退 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused ∼HSK 6
云端 雲端 yún duān high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
君臣 君臣 jūn chén a ruler and his ministers (old) ∼HSK 6
宗室 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine ∼HSK 6
苍苍 蒼蒼 cāng cāng ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing ∼HSK 6
流荡 流蕩 liú dàng to float; to tramp; to rove ∼HSK 6