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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| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 典礼 典禮 | celebration; ceremony | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 助手 助手 | assistant; helper | |
| 信念 信念 | faith; belief; conviction | |
| 戏剧 戲劇 | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play | |
| 势力 勢力 | power; influence; a force (military, political etc) | |
| 犹豫 猶豫 | to hesitate | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 脸色 臉色 | complexion; look | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 物理 物理 | physics; physical | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 坚定 堅定 | firm; steady; staunch; resolute | |
| 手法 手法 | technique; trick; skill | |
| 强迫 強迫 | to compel; to force | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 剧本 劇本 | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario | |
| 骗子 騙子 | swindler; a cheat | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 认定 認定 | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 顾问 顧問 | adviser; consultant | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 肌肉 肌肉 | muscle; flesh | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 渴望 渴望 | to thirst for; to long for | |
| 时机 時機 | opportunity; opportune moment | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 鼠 鼠 | (bound form) rat; mouse | |
| 违反 違反 | to violate (a law) | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 神奇 神奇 | magical; mystical; miraculous | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish |