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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| 鼠辈 鼠輩 | a scoundrel; a bad chap | |
| 沽 沽 | buy and sell; inferior in quality | |
| 伏 伏 | crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal | |
| 妖 妖 | demon, monster | |
| 匿 匿 | hide; go into hiding | |
| 屈 屈 | bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch | |
| 师徒 師徒 | master and disciple | |
| 原名 原名 | original name | |
| 军机 軍機 | military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty | |
| 举荐 舉薦 | to recommend | |
| 聪明才智 聰明才智 | intelligence and ability | |
| 斋戒 齋戒 | to fast | |
| 杀生 殺生 | to take the life of a living creature | |
| 极致 極致 | peak; pinnacle; ultimate | |
| 落入 落入 | to fall into | |
| 舞会 舞會 | dance; ball; party | |
| 瞄 瞄 | take aim at; look at | |
| 太监 太監 | court eunuch; palace eunuch | |
| 战乱 戰亂 | chaos of war | |
| 他杀 他殺 | homicide (law) | |
| 拆开 拆開 | to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick | |
| 缥 縹 | light blue silk; dim; misty | |
| 大业 大業 | great cause; great undertaking | |
| 事不宜迟 事不宜遲 | the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose | |
| 皇 皇 | royal, imperial; ruler, superior | |
| 寇 㓂 | bandits, thieves; enemy; invade | |
| 敕 勅 | an imperial order or decree | |
| 洞天 洞天 | paradise; heavenly or beautiful place; fairyland | |
| 狞 獰 | ferocious appearance; hideous | |
| 大将 大將 | a general or admiral | |
| 恶梦 惡夢 | nightmare | |
| 醉人 醉人 | intoxicating; fascinating | |
| 敌营 敵營 | enemy camp | |
| 胡同 胡同 | lane; alley | |
| 心疼 心疼 | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed | |
| 法制 法制 | legal system and institutions | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 迷信 迷信 | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 被动 被動 | passive | |
| 无奈 無奈 | to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 配备 配備 | to allocate; to provide; to outfit with | |
| 高跟鞋 高跟鞋 | high-heeled shoes | |
| 加以 加以 | 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) | |
| 鼓掌 鼓掌 | to applaud; to clap | |
| 向上 向上 | upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress | |
| 专利 專利 | patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage |