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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huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
tóng qíng to sympathize with; sympathy HSK 4
sǎo to sweep HSK 4
pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
kuài accountant; accountancy; accounting HSK 4
bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither HSK 4
zài hu not to care HSK 4
yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
huǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together HSK 4
fēng jǐng scenery; landscape HSK 4
bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) HSK 4
jiǎn to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish HSK 4
gǎi shàn to make better; to improve HSK 4
怀 huái niàn to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce HSK 4
yán salt HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
yǎn lèi tears; crying HSK 4
qīng xǐng clear-headed; sober; awake HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
péi yǎng to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
jiǎng prize; award; encouragement HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
què rèn to confirm; to verify; confirmation HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
bǎo bao darling; baby HSK 4
jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4