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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肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom); fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored Idiom ∼HSK 4
移山倒海 移山倒海 yí shān dǎo hǎi lit. to move mountains and drain seas; to transform nature Idiom ∼HSK 4
跑江湖 跑江湖 pǎo jiāng hú to make a living as a traveling performer etc Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆山 崑山 Kūn shān Kunshan, county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黑鹰 黑鷹 Hēi Yīng Black Hawk (helicoper) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雷司令 雷司令 Léi sī lìng Riesling (grape type) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
护国军 護國軍 Hù guó jūn National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
直隶 直隸 Zhí lì Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内务府 內務府 Nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
八仙 八仙 Bā xiān the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诸葛 諸葛 Zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔明 孔明 Kǒng míng courtesy name of Zhuge Liang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佐藤 佐藤 Zuǒ téng Satō (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天皇 天皇 Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德先生 德先生 Dé xiān sheng "Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement; abbr. for; see also Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赛先生 賽先生 Sài xiān sheng "Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement; abbr. for; see also Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同心 同心 Tóng xīn Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五岳 五嶽 Wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai in Shandong, Mt Hua in Shaanxi, Mt Heng in Hunan, Mt Heng in Shanxi, Mt Song in Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
普鲁士 普魯士 Pǔ lǔ shì Prussia (historical German state) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
秘 祕 mì secret, mysterious, abstruse ∼HSK 4
地盘 地盤 dì pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
军阀 軍閥 jūn fá military clique; junta; warlord ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
父老 父老 fù lǎo elders ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
新兵 新兵 xīn bīng new (army) recruit ∼HSK 4
亲王 親王 qīn wáng prince ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4