The Grand Substitution

The Grand Substitution 1965

liú fāng

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.

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Vocabulary

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zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4
chéng shòu to bear; to support; to inherit HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
liáng to measure HSK 4
zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
biān to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
immediately HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
yíng to win; to gain HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
narrow HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
huí xīn zhuǎn to change one's mind (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3