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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勇猛 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful; brave and fierce ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
驸马 駙馬 fùmǎ imperial son-in-law ∼HSK 6
滴水 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop; dripping water ∼HSK 6
各不相同 各不相同 gè bù xiāng tóng to be quite varied; each one is different ∼HSK 6
清蒸 清蒸 qīng zhēng steamed in broth ∼HSK 6
野猪 野豬 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa) ∼HSK 6
寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide; to court death ∼HSK 6
蠢事 蠢事 chǔn shì folly ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6
有形 有形 yǒu xíng material; tangible; visible; shapely ∼HSK 6
吉凶 吉凶 jí xiōng good and bad luck (in astrology) ∼HSK 6
降服 降服 xiáng fú to yield; to surrender ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
改天换地 改天換地 gǎi tiān huàn dì 改: change, alter; improve, remodel · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 换: change · 地: earth; soil, ground; region ∼HSK 6
踏踏实实 踏踏實實 tā tā shí shí steady; steadfast ∼HSK 6
不足为凭 不足為憑 bù zú wéi píng 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 足: foot; attain, satisfy, enough · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 凭: lean on, depend on, rely on ∼HSK 6
黎民 黎民 lí mín the common people; the great unwashed ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) ∼HSK 6
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet ∼HSK 6
叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out; to bark out a sound ∼HSK 6
清香 清香 qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
许嫁 許嫁 xǔ jià allowed to marry ∼HSK 6
忠孝两全 忠孝兩全 zhōng xiào liǎng quán 忠: loyalty, devotion, fidelity · 孝: filial piety, obedience; mourning · 两: two, both, pair, couple; ounce · 全: maintain, keep whole or intact ∼HSK 6
目无王法 目無王法 mù wú wáng fǎ 目: eye; look, see; division, topic · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 王: king, ruler; royal; surname · 法: law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French ∼HSK 6
违抗 違抗 wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
令箭 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority); fig. instructions from one's superiors ∼HSK 6
功过 功過 gōng guò merits and demerits; contributions and errors ∼HSK 6
奇耻大辱 奇恥大辱 qí chǐ - dà rǔ (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment ∼HSK 6
法理 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle; jurisprudence ∼HSK 6
捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) ∼HSK 6
宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment) ∼HSK 6
津津乐道 津津樂道 jīn jīn lè dào to discuss sth enthusiastically ∼HSK 6
色欲 色慾 sè yù sexual desire; lust ∼HSK 6
治罪 治罪 zhì zuì to punish sb (for a crime) ∼HSK 6
泱泱 泱泱 yāng yāng grand; magnificent; vast ∼HSK 6
荡荡 蕩蕩 dàng dàng fluttering ∼HSK 6
肆意 肆意 sì yì wantonly; recklessly; willfully ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
险恶 險惡 xiǎn è dangerous; sinister; vicious ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
仙草 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly ∼HSK 6
奉陪 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
赌注 賭注 dǔ zhù stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake ∼HSK 6
不可抗拒 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom) ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
罗嗦 羅嗦 luō suo erroneous variant of ∼HSK 6