The Grand Substitution 1965
万古流芳
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.
Vocabulary
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| 破格 破格 | to break the rule; to make an exception | |
| 畅饮 暢飲 | to have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content | |
| 叨扰 叨擾 | to bother; to trouble; (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you; thank you for your time | |
| 尚且 尚且 | (not) even; yet; still | |
| 若非 若非 | were it not for; if not for | |
| 无以为报 無以為報 | unable to return the favor | |
| 敬祝 敬祝 | to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant | |
| 捉拿 捉拿 | to arrest; to catch a criminal | |
| 逆贼 逆賊 | renegade; traitor and bandit | |
| 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 | to be executed on the spot without trial (idiom); shoot/kill on sight without question | |
| 同僚 同僚 | colleague; coworker | |
| 位极人臣 位極人臣 | to have reached the highest official positions | |
| 命脉 命脈 | lifeline | |
| 结党营私 結黨營私 | (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes | |
| 排除异己 排除異己 | to get rid of those who disagree; to purge dissenters and rivals (idiom) | |
| 为国为民 為國為民 | for the country and the people; serving the nation and its people (idiom) | |
| 不敬 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 膝下 膝下 | at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | |
| 好自为之 好自為之 | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own | |
| 传颂 傳頌 | to eulogize; to pass on praise | |
| 万古流芳 萬古流芳 | to leave a good name for posterity; eternal glory (idiom) | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 恩人 恩人 | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 忠心 忠心 | good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 冷水 冷水 | cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 追究 追究 | to investigate; to look into | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 片刻 片刻 | short period of time; a moment | |
| 评 評 | to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal) | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 操纵 操縱 | to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 担忧 擔憂 | to worry; to be concerned | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent |