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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| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 前往 前往 | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 显得 顯得 | to seem; to look; to appear | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 生产 生產 | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child | |
| 基础 基礎 | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 初 初 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 等待 等待 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 训练 訓練 | to train; to drill; training | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 某 某 | some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss |