The Great Magician

The Great Magician 2011

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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

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shǔ bèi a scoundrel; a bad chap ∼HSK 5
buy and sell; inferior in quality ∼HSK 5
crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal ∼HSK 5
yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
hide; go into hiding ∼HSK 5
bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
shī master and disciple ∼HSK 5
yuán míng original name ∼HSK 5
jūn military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
jiàn to recommend ∼HSK 5
cōng ming cái zhì intelligence and ability ∼HSK 5
zhāi jiè to fast ∼HSK 5
shā shēng to take the life of a living creature ∼HSK 5
zhì peak; pinnacle; ultimate ∼HSK 5
luò to fall into ∼HSK 5
huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
miáo take aim at; look at ∼HSK 5
tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
zhàn luàn chaos of war ∼HSK 5
shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
chāi kāi to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick ∼HSK 5
piāo light blue silk; dim; misty ∼HSK 5
great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
shì chí the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose ∼HSK 5
Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5
chì an imperial order or decree ∼HSK 5
dòng tiān paradise; heavenly or beautiful place; fairyland ∼HSK 5
níng ferocious appearance; hideous ∼HSK 5
jiàng a general or admiral ∼HSK 5
è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 5
zuì rén intoxicating; fascinating ∼HSK 5
yíng enemy camp ∼HSK 5
tòng lane; alley HSK 5
xīn téng to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed HSK 5
zhì legal system and institutions HSK 5
shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5
bào to repay; to requite HSK 5
xìn superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) HSK 5
bèi dòng passive HSK 5
nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5
shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
pèi bèi to allocate; to provide; to outfit with HSK 5
gāo gēn xié high-heeled shoes HSK 5
jiā in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 5
zhǎng to applaud; to clap HSK 5
xiàng shàng upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress HSK 5
zhuān patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly HSK 5
mào courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite HSK 5
zhōng shēn lifelong; all one's life; marriage HSK 5