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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| 请看 請看 | please see...; vide | |
| 小日本 小日本 | (derog.) Japanese person; Jap | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 贵人 貴人 | nobility; person of high rank | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 真人 真人 | a real person; Daoist spiritual master | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 是以 是以 | therefore; thus; so | |
| 娄子 婁子 | trouble; blunder | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 手绢 手絹 | handkerchief | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 欢喜 歡喜 | happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 好玩 好玩 | amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 什 什 | file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous | |
| 上手 上手 | to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 大老远 大老遠 | very far away | |
| 天子 天子 | the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) | |
| 出钱 出錢 | to pay | |
| 阁下 閣下 | your distinguished self; your majesty; sire | |
| 不等 不等 | unequal; varied | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 重地 重地 | location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area | |
| 班子 班子 | organized group; theatrical troupe | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 穿回 穿回 | to put on (clothes); to put (clothes) back on | |
| 洗手 洗手 | to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet | |
| 五行 五行 | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
| 月老 月老 | matchmaker; go-between; same as | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 行事 行事 | to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 九天 九天 | the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens |