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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| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 正常 正常 | regular; normal; ordinary | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 行动 行動 | operation; action; to move about; mobile | |
| 来自 來自 | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) | |
| 使用 使用 | to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 选 選 | to choose; to pick; to select; to elect | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | |
| 直接 直接 | direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 片 片 | disk; sheet | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 万 萬 | used in 俟 | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 改变 改變 | to change; to alter; to transform | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 真正 真正 | genuine; real; true; really; indeed | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 办法 辦法 | means; method; way (of doing sth) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 努力 努力 | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious | |
| 加 加 | to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 变 變 | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion | |
| 求 求 | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 分钟 分鐘 | minute | |
| 接受 接受 | to accept; to receive | |
| 有人 有人 | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) | |
| 不同 不同 | different; distinct; not the same; not alike | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as | |
| 虽然 雖然 | although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) | |
| 刚 剛 | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly | |
| 相信 相信 | to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true | |
| 接 接 | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb |