The Great Magician

The Great Magician 2011

大魔术师 dà móshùshī

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

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Chang Hsien Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Lei Bully Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Liu Yin Yan Ni Yan Ni Lei's Wife Wu Gang Wu Gang Butler Liu Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Captain Tsai Paul Chun Pui Paul Chun Pui Liu Wan-yao Alex Fong Chung-Sun Alex Fong Chung-Sun Chen Kuo Tsui Hark Tsui Hark Warlord Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Warlord

Vocabulary

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乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
粘 粘 zhān to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to HSK 7
温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
吼 吼 hǒu to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
拳 拳 quán fist; boxing HSK 7
得知 得知 dé zhī to find out; to learn of HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
跟踪 跟蹤 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
眼神 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
金属 金屬 jīn shǔ metal HSK 7
码 碼 mǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
探 探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
注 註 zhù to register; to annotate; note; comment HSK 7
推荐 推薦 tuī jiàn to recommend; recommendation HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom); to fail to grasp the big picture Idiom ∼HSK 6
劫数难逃 劫數難逃 jié shù nán táo Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand. Idiom ∼HSK 6
指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
藏龙卧虎 藏龍臥虎 cáng lóng wò hǔ lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding; concealed talent Idiom ∼HSK 6
用兵如神 用兵如神 yòng bīng rú shén to lead military operations with extraordinary skill Idiom ∼HSK 6
一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity Idiom ∼HSK 6
穷凶极恶 窮凶極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish; black-hearted Idiom ∼HSK 6
百依百顺 百依百順 bǎi yī bǎi shùn docile and obedient; all obedience Idiom ∼HSK 6
甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery Idiom ∼HSK 6