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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| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 见解 見解 | opinion; view; understanding | |
| 不愧 不愧 | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be | |
| 来宾 來賓 | Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi | |
| 指点 指點 | to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at | |
| 沉迷 沉迷 | to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to | |
| 重现 重現 | to reappear | |
| 敬意 敬意 | respect; esteem; high regard | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 精明 精明 | astute; shrewd; smart | |
| 玄 玄 | black; mysterious | |
| 忧虑 憂慮 | to worry; anxiety (about) | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 微妙 微妙 | subtle | |
| 闻名 聞名 | well-known; famous; renowned; eminent | |
| 司令 司令 | commanding officer | |
| 丑陋 醜陋 | ugly | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 逢 逢 | to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon | |
| 议 議 | to comment on; to discuss; to suggest | |
| 示威 示威 | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force | |
| 管家 管家 | (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household | |
| 手势 手勢 | gesture; sign; signal | |
| 亩 畝 | classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 重伤 重傷 | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 气势 氣勢 | imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor | |
| 筋 筋 | muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) | |
| 诺言 諾言 | promise | |
| 贵宾 貴賓 | honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP | |
| 鸽子 鴿子 | pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae | |
| 一心 一心 | wholeheartedly; heart and soul | |
| 黑白 黑白 | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 得罪 得罪 | to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 | |
| 值钱 值錢 | valuable; costly; expensive | |
| 通告 通告 | to announce; to give notice; announcement | |
| 开张 開張 | to open a business; first transaction of a business day | |
| 大局 大局 | overall situation; the big picture | |
| 惯例 慣例 | convention; usual practice | |
| 本性 本性 | natural instincts; nature; inherent quality | |
| 双胞胎 雙胞胎 | twin | |
| 迷惑 迷惑 | to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle | |
| 风云 風雲 | weather; unstable situation | |
| 口水 口水 | saliva | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 映 映 | to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) | |
| 俊 㑺 | smart; eminent; handsome; talented | |
| 大臣 大臣 | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister | |
| 演戏 演戲 | to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign |