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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受控 受控 shòu kòng to be controlled ∼HSK 5
哈哈镜 哈哈鏡 hā hā jìng distorting mirror ∼HSK 5
马戏团 馬戲團 mǎ xì tuán circus ∼HSK 5
精准 精準 jīng zhǔn accurate; exact; precise; precision ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
总统府 總統府 zǒng tǒng fǔ presidential palace ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
憾 憾 hàn to regret, remorse; dissatisfied ∼HSK 5
廊 廊 láng corridor, porch, veranda ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
珍品 珍品 zhēn pǐn valuable object; curio ∼HSK 5
遵 遵 zūn obey, comply with, follow; honor ∼HSK 5
眉头 眉頭 méi tóu brows ∼HSK 5
喏 喏 nuò respectful reply of assent to superiors ∼HSK 5
就范 就範 jiù fàn to submit; to give in ∼HSK 5
令尊 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) ∼HSK 5
械 械 xiè weapons; implements, instruments ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
帝王 帝王 dì wáng regent; monarch ∼HSK 5
后宫 後宮 hòu gōng harem; chambers of imperial concubines ∼HSK 5
圭 圭 guī jade pointed at top ∼HSK 5
卜 卜 Bǔ fortune telling; prophesy ∼HSK 5
摔死 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground ∼HSK 5
小皇帝 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor; (fig.) spoiled child; spoiled boy; pampered only child ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
权势 權勢 quán shì power; influence ∼HSK 5
软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest ∼HSK 5
硬来 硬來 yìng lái to use force ∼HSK 5
嫖 嫖 piáo patronize prostitutes, frequent ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
不乏 不乏 bù fá there is no lack of ∼HSK 5
盲 盲 máng blind; unperceptive, shortsighted ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
等同 等同 děng tóng to equate; equal to ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5
伍 伍 Wǔ five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks; army camp ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
神通 神通 shén tōng remarkable ability; magical power ∼HSK 5
幻 幻 huàn illusion, fantasy, mirage ∼HSK 5
逐出 逐出 zhú chū to expel; to evict; to drive out ∼HSK 5
拆穿 拆穿 chāi chuān to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc) ∼HSK 5
衣冠 衣冠 yī guān hat and clothes; attire ∼HSK 5
遗老 遺老 yí lǎo old fogy; adherent of previous dynasty ∼HSK 5
匡 匡 Kuāng correct, restore, revise ∼HSK 5
凯 凱 Kǎi triumphant; triumph, victory ∼HSK 5
兆 兆 Zhào omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5