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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Vocabulary

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suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
wéi zhòng to attach most importance to ∼HSK 2
wàn qiān myriad; multitudinous; multifarious ∼HSK 2
jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet); long kick (soccer); Bigfoot (mythological animal) ∼HSK 2
prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
xiǎo gǒu pup; puppy ∼HSK 2
xiǎo si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
zhǐ tiáo slip of paper ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
bīn guests; visitors ∼HSK 2
zhù xìng to add to the fun; to liven things up ∼HSK 2
gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
dào zhe backwards; in reverse; upside down ∼HSK 2
wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system ∼HSK 2
bīn female guest; female visitor ∼HSK 2
nán dǎo not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb ∼HSK 2
滿 mǎn yuè full moon; whole month; baby's one-month old birthday ∼HSK 2
zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
yǎn at first glance; at first sight ∼HSK 2
take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
tiān providence; the Will of Heaven ∼HSK 2
wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
滿 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face ∼HSK 2
liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse ∼HSK 2
jiǔ cài food and drink; food to accompany wine ∼HSK 2
zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
tiān biān horizon; ends of the earth; remotest places ∼HSK 2
děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
xìn guò to distrust; to be suspicious ∼HSK 2
bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
biàn tōng pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances ∼HSK 2
xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand; unable to get over ∼HSK 2
xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo ∼HSK 2
mài chàng to sing for a living ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly; face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc ∼HSK 2
fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2