The Great Magician

The Great Magician 2011

大魔术师 dà móshùshī

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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5.03 Advanced Director Derek Yee IMDb 5.9

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Chang Hsien Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Lei Bully Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Liu Yin Yan Ni Yan Ni Lei's Wife Wu Gang Wu Gang Butler Liu Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Captain Tsai Paul Chun Pui Paul Chun Pui Liu Wan-yao Alex Fong Chung-Sun Alex Fong Chung-Sun Chen Kuo Tsui Hark Tsui Hark Warlord Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Warlord

Vocabulary

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如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends Idiom ∼HSK 5
旁门左道 旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group Idiom ∼HSK 5
寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation Idiom ∼HSK 5
装神弄鬼 裝神弄鬼 zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus Idiom ∼HSK 5
偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs Idiom ∼HSK 5
点石成金 點石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem Idiom ∼HSK 5
岌岌可危 岌岌可危 jí jí kě wēi imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis Idiom ∼HSK 5
荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth Idiom ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
自得其乐 自得其樂 zì dé qí lè to find amusement in one's own way; to enjoy oneself quietly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
有戏 有戲 yǒu xì (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
荫 蔭 yìn shade, shelter; protect ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
圣 聖 kū holy, sage ∼HSK 5
戏法 戲法 xì fǎ magic trick ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
岌 岌 jí perilous, hazardous; high, steep ∼HSK 5
法术 法術 fǎshù magic arts ∼HSK 5
变戏法 變戲法 biàn xì fǎ to perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle ∼HSK 5
手榴弹 手榴彈 shǒu liú dàn hand grenade ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
桃子 桃子 táo zi peach ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
悦 悅 yuè pleased, contented, gratified ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
勤学苦练 勤學苦練 qín xué kǔ liàn to study diligently; to train assiduously ∼HSK 5
卦 卦 guà fortune telling; tell fortunes ∼HSK 5
装傻 裝傻 zhuāng shǎ to act stupid; to pretend to be naive ∼HSK 5
毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war ∼HSK 5
施法 施法 shī fǎ to implement the law; to perform sorcery ∼HSK 5
何其 何其 hé qí (literary) (similar to, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc) ∼HSK 5
咒 呪 zhòu curse, damn, incantation ∼HSK 5
遥 遙 yáo far away, distant, remote ∼HSK 5
阉 閹 yān castrate; eunuch ∼HSK 5
尽是 盡是 jìn shì to be full of; completely ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
瑟 瑟 sè large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind ∼HSK 5
呸 呸 pēi bah! (contempt) ∼HSK 5
烟雾 煙霧 yān wù smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes ∼HSK 5