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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| 勉强 勉強 | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 军官 軍官 | officer (military) | |
| 壳 殼 | shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ké] | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 膝盖 膝蓋 | knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) | |
| 奔 奔 | to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 盗 盜 | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber | |
| 无线 無線 | wireless | |
| 条款 條款 | clause (of contract or law) | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 可笑 可笑 | funny; ridiculous | |
| 限 限 | to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound | |
| 见识 見識 | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 废 廢 | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 撤 撤 | to remove; to take away | |
| 震撼 震撼 | to shake; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; shock | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 帝国 帝國 | empire; imperial | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 捏 捏 | to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) | |
| 挣扎 掙扎 | to struggle | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 戒指 戒指 | (finger) ring | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 欲望 慾望 | desire; longing; appetite; craving | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 预算 預算 | budget | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture |