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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pái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc HSK 2
ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
tōng to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
shí xiàn to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about HSK 2
huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
tiáo jiàn condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition HSK 2
shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
gǎi to change; to alter; to transform; to correct HSK 2
yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
zuǐ mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
chāo guò to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip HSK 2
tǎo lùn to discuss; to talk over HSK 2
shǎo many; a lot; not few HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
jié program; item (on a program) HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily HSK 2
to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
chóng xīn again; once more; re- HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
yǎn jing eye HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2
tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
abbr. for 克罗地亚, Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克罗埃西亚, Croatia HSK 2