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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| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 从不 從不 | never | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 足以 足以 | sufficient to...; so much so that; so that | |
| 消灭 消滅 | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 隐藏 隱藏 | to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting) | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 收藏 收藏 | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 智慧 智慧 | wisdom; knowledge; intelligent; intelligence | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 公主 公主 | princess | |
| 为此 為此 | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 负 負 | to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) | |
| 除 除 | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 滴 滴 | a drop; to drip | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 之类 之類 | and so on; and such |