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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痊愈 痊癒 quán yù to recover completely (from illness or injury) ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
卵子 卵子 luǎn zǐ ovum ∼HSK 6
风雅 風雅 fēng yǎ cultured; sophisticated ∼HSK 6
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
闲情 閒情 xián qíng leisurely frame of mind ∼HSK 6
酬谢 酬謝 chóu xiè to thank with a gift ∼HSK 6
棋局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard ∼HSK 6
岂能 豈能 qǐ néng 岂: how? what? · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan ∼HSK 6
臣仆 臣僕 chén pú servant ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
朝服 朝服 cháo fú court dress in former times ∼HSK 6
冤魂 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances ∼HSK 6
狼崽 狼崽 láng zǎi wolf cub ∼HSK 6
利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword ∼HSK 6
靡靡之音 靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn (idiom) decadent music ∼HSK 6
童谣 童謠 tóng yáo nursery rhyme ∼HSK 6
霸业 霸業 bà yè the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
共赴 共赴 gòng fù joint participation; to go together ∼HSK 6
仇敌 仇敵 chóu dí enemy ∼HSK 6
合葬 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together; joint interment ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
暴虐 暴虐 bào nüè brutal; tyrannical ∼HSK 6
议和 議和 yì hé to negotiate peace ∼HSK 6
呈送 呈送 chéng sòng to present; to render ∼HSK 6
怎敢 怎敢 zěn gǎn how dare ∼HSK 6
浮华 浮華 fú huá ostentatious; pretentious; showy ∼HSK 6
遗尿 遺尿 yí niào bed-wetting ∼HSK 6
朽木 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood ∼HSK 6
附庸风雅 附庸風雅 fù yōng fēng yǎ (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture ∼HSK 6
琴弦 琴絃 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) ∼HSK 6
精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel ∼HSK 6
辱骂 辱罵 rǔ mà to insult; to revile; abuse; vituperation ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
不怠 不怠 bù dài unremitting in one's efforts ∼HSK 6
皮肉之苦 皮肉之苦 pí ròu zhī kǔ physical pain; lit. skin and flesh suffer ∼HSK 6
舞剑 舞劍 wǔ jiàn to perform a sword-dance ∼HSK 6
活埋 活埋 huó mái to bury alive ∼HSK 6
尿裤子 尿褲子 niào kù zi to wet one's pants ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
独到之处 獨到之處 dú dào zhī chù 独: alone, single, solitary, only · 到: go to, arrive, been to · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 处: place, locale; department ∼HSK 6
昏君 昏君 hūn jūn incapable ruler ∼HSK 6
人尽其才 人盡其才 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best ∼HSK 6
差遣 差遣 chāi qiǎn to send (on errand) ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
倾尽 傾盡 qīng jìn to do all one can; to give all one has ∼HSK 6
老迈 老邁 lǎo mài aged; senile ∼HSK 6