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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人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
倡狂 倡狂 chāng kuáng variant of ∼HSK 5
统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead; to command; commander; officer ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
叛徒 叛徒 pàn tú traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
鳖 鱉 biē turtle ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
袁 袁 Yuán robe; surname ∼HSK 5
纷争 紛爭 fēn zhēng to dispute ∼HSK 5
军法 軍法 jūn fǎ martial law ∼HSK 5
蜚声 蜚聲 fēi shēng to make a name; to become famous ∼HSK 5
威名 威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess; military glory ∼HSK 5
拥兵自重 擁兵自重 yōng bīng zì zhòng (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
彰显 彰顯 zhāng xiǎn to put on display (sth abstract); to draw attention to; conspicuous ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
挤眉弄眼 擠眉弄眼 jǐ méi nòng yǎn to make eyes; to wink ∼HSK 5
骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level ∼HSK 5
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
展翅 展翅 zhǎn chì to spread wings ∼HSK 5
抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture; bride kidnapping ∼HSK 5
做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
齿 齒 chǐ teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the KangXi radical number 211 ∼HSK 5
幻象 幻象 huàn xiàng illusion ∼HSK 5
大军 大軍 dà jūn army; main forces ∼HSK 5
阀 閥 fá powerful and influential group ∼HSK 5
法币 法幣 fǎ bì fiat currency; fabi, fiat currency issued by the, in use 1935-1948 ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
蟠 蟠 pán coil; coiling, curling; occupy ∼HSK 5
火盆 火盆 huǒ pén brazier; fire pan; hibachi ∼HSK 5
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) ∼HSK 5
兄妹 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) ∼HSK 5
腻 膩 nì greasy, oily, dirty; smooth ∼HSK 5
诈 詐 zhà cheat, defraud, swindle; trick ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
拚 拚 pàn risk, disregard; go all out for ∼HSK 5
樱 櫻 yīng cherry, cherry blossom ∼HSK 5
重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun ∼HSK 5
轻机枪 輕機槍 qīng jī qiāng light machine gun ∼HSK 5
撤出 撤出 chè chū to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out ∼HSK 5
私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) ∼HSK 5
黔 黔 Qián black; Guizhou ∼HSK 5
枪口 槍口 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun ∼HSK 5
大便 大便 dà biàn to defecate; excrement; feces ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5