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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天作之合 天作之合 tiān zuò zhī hé a match made in heaven (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
刻骨铭心 刻骨銘心 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂堂正正 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square Idiom ∼HSK 6
稍纵即逝 稍縱即逝 shāo zòng jí shì transient; fleeting Idiom ∼HSK 6
情投意合 情投意合 qíng tóu - yì hé (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial Idiom ∼HSK 6
荡气回肠 蕩氣回腸 dàng qì huí cháng heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving Idiom ∼HSK 6
以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good Idiom ∼HSK 6
安于现状 安於現狀 ān yú xiàn zhuàng to take things as they are (idiom); to leave a situation as it is; to be happy with the status quo Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拍马屁 拍馬屁 pāi mǎ pì to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心术不正 心術不正 xīn shù bù zhèng having evil intentions; warped and dishonest at heart (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大有作为 大有作為 dà yǒu zuò wéi to accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
命根 命根 mìng gēn lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
魔术师 魔術師 mó shù shī magician ∼HSK 6
未婚夫 未婚夫 wèi hūn fū fiancé ∼HSK 6
副官 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp ∼HSK 6
撤兵 撤兵 chè bīng to withdraw troops; to retreat ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
御手 御手 yù shǒu the emperor's hand; variant of ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
招兵 招兵 zhāo bīng to recruit soldiers ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) ∼HSK 6
罗嗦 羅嗦 luō suo erroneous variant of ∼HSK 6
拜堂 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地 ∼HSK 6
小妖精 小妖精 xiǎo yāo jīng goblin; hussy; floozy ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks; to give back (honorific) ∼HSK 6
原来如此 原來如此 yuán lái rú cǐ (idiom) so that's how it is; I see ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
忌妒 忌妒 jì du to be jealous of; to envy ∼HSK 6
报账 報賬 bào zhàng to report expenses; to submit accounts ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
神灵 神靈 shén líng god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general ∼HSK 6
撒豆成兵 撒豆成兵 sǎ dòu chéng bīng to scatter beans and turn them into soldiers (idiom); to conjure an army by magic; a Taoist sorcery trick ∼HSK 6
国师 國師 guó shī national preceptor ∼HSK 6
复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime) ∼HSK 6
澡堂 澡堂 zǎo táng public baths ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6