The Goddess of Mercy

The Goddess of Mercy 1967

观世音 guānshìyīn

With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile.

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枉费心机 枉費心機 wǎng fèi xīn jī to scheme in vain (idiom); to rack one's brains for nothing; to waste one's cunning efforts 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
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
父王 父王 fù wáng Father (royal address) ∼HSK 6
遵旨 遵旨 zūn zhǐ obey the decree ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
驸马 駙馬 fùmǎ imperial son-in-law ∼HSK 6
启奏 啟奏 qǐ zòu report to the emperor ∼HSK 6
传旨 傳旨 chuán zhǐ convey an edict ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
违抗 違抗 wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail ∼HSK 6
出征 出征 chū zhēng to go into battle; to campaign (military) ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
跨上 跨上 kuà shàng to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc) ∼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
信佛 信佛 xìn Fó to believe in Buddhism ∼HSK 6
驸马爷 駙馬爺 fù mǎ yé the imperial son-in-law; the Emperor's son-in-law (respectful) ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
成佛 成佛 chéng fó become a Buddha ∼HSK 6
罪过 罪過 zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
奴工 奴工 nú gōng slave labor; slave worker ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
征战 征戰 zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition ∼HSK 6
挥动 揮動 huī dòng to wave sth; to brandish ∼HSK 6
猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast; fierce animal ∼HSK 6
佛法 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
撇下 撇下 piē xia to cast away ∼HSK 6
军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation; military intelligence ∼HSK 6
担待 擔待 dān dài to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility ∼HSK 6
大公 大公 dà gōng grand duke; impartial ∼HSK 6
奴婢 奴婢 nú bì slave servant ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
民不聊生 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian) ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
淌眼泪 淌眼淚 tǎng yǎn lèi to shed tears ∼HSK 6
荒地 荒地 huāng dì wasteland; uncultivated land ∼HSK 6
充饥 充飢 chōng jī to allay one's hunger ∼HSK 6
优待 優待 yōu dài preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment ∼HSK 6
仁政 仁政 rén zhèng benevolent policy; humane government ∼HSK 6
御花园 御花園 yù huā yuán imperial garden ∼HSK 6
窄小 窄小 zhǎi xiǎo narrow and small ∼HSK 6
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
邪教 邪教 xié jiào evil cult ∼HSK 6