The Great Magician 2011
大魔术师
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?
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Vocabulary
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| 提炼 提煉 | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process | |
| 英明 英明 | wise; brilliant | |
| 固然 固然 | admittedly (it's true that...) | |
| 文盲 文盲 | illiterate | |
| 嗜好 嗜好 | hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction | |
| 刑法 刑法 | criminal law | |
| 勾结 勾結 | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with | |
| 昔日 昔日 | former days; in the past | |
| 心得 心得 | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding; tips | |
| 冒犯 冒犯 | to offend | |
| 拍戏 拍戲 | to shoot a movie | |
| 记性 記性 | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 透气 透氣 | to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge | |
| 开销 開銷 | to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee) | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 裸露 裸露 | naked; bare; uncovered; exposed | |
| 比起 比起 | compared with | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 宠爱 寵愛 | to dote on sb | |
| 惦记 惦記 | to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about | |
| 改动 改動 | to alter; to modify; to revise | |
| 改良 改良 | to improve (sth); to reform (a system) | |
| 离奇 離奇 | odd; bizarre | |
| 知己 知己 | to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend | |
| 奢望 奢望 | an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations | |
| 责备 責備 | to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 妖怪 妖怪 | monster; devil | |
| 哑 啞 | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 集结 集結 | to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal | |
| 庄严 莊嚴 | solemn; dignified; stately | |
| 埋葬 埋葬 | to bury | |
| 围墙 圍牆 | perimeter wall; fence | |
| 天桥 天橋 | Tianqiao district of Jinan city 济南市, Shandong; Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 情不自禁 情不自禁 | unable to restrain emotions; cannot help | |
| 光顾 光顧 | to visit (as a customer) | |
| 风流 風流 | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 冷酷 冷酷 | unfeeling; callous | |
| 缘分 緣分 | fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny | |
| 全方位 全方位 | all around; omnidirectional; complete; holistic; comprehensive | |
| 核桃 核桃 | walnut | |
| 捂 捂 | to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 当着 當著 | in front of; in the presence of | |
| 反过来 反過來 | conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction | |
| 担当 擔當 | to take upon oneself; to assume |