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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抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down ∼HSK 6
图谋 圖謀 tú móu to conspire ∼HSK 6
称帝 稱帝 chēng dì to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect ∼HSK 6
野史 野史 yě shǐ unofficial history; history as popular legends ∼HSK 6
千里之外 千里之外 qiān lǐ zhī wài thousand miles distant ∼HSK 6
仰仗 仰仗 yǎng zhàng to rely on; to depend on ∼HSK 6
降服 降服 xiáng fú to yield; to surrender ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) ∼HSK 6
贫农 貧農 pín nóng poor peasant ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
勾肩搭背 勾肩搭背 gōu jiān - dā bèi (idiom) arms around each other's shoulders ∼HSK 6
蜜糖 蜜糖 mì táng honey ∼HSK 6
不凡 不凡 bù fán extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional ∼HSK 6
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite; favor ∼HSK 6
株式会社 株式會社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company; corporation; public company; Ltd; p.l.c.; Corp; Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha ∼HSK 6
军事援助 軍事援助 jūn shì yuán zhù military aid ∼HSK 6
扩军 擴軍 kuò jūn armament; to expand armed forces ∼HSK 6
催眠术 催眠術 cuī mián shù hypnotism; hypnotherapy; mesmerism ∼HSK 6
爱情片 愛情片 ài qíng piàn romance film ∼HSK 6
扭伤 扭傷 niǔ shāng a sprain; a crick; to sprain ∼HSK 6
耍嘴皮子 耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk ∼HSK 6
免谈 免談 miǎn tán out of the question; pointless to discuss it ∼HSK 6
盛情难却 盛情難卻 shèng qíng nán què 盛: abundant, flourishing; contain; fill · 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 却: still, but; decline; retreat ∼HSK 6
平叛 平叛 píng pàn to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion ∼HSK 6
违命 違命 wéi mìng disobedient; to violate the Mandate of Heaven ∼HSK 6
隐姓埋名 隱姓埋名 yǐn xìng mái míng to conceal one's identity; living incognito ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
自我催眠 自我催眠 zì wǒ cuī mián self-hypnotism ∼HSK 6
针扎 針扎 zhēn zhā pincushion ∼HSK 6
金元券 金元券 jīn yuán quàn currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948 ∼HSK 6
糊口 餬口 hú kǒu to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty ∼HSK 6
洋片 洋片 yáng piàn children's game played with illustrated cards; pogs; menko (Japan) ∼HSK 6
鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank; fishbowl; aquarium ∼HSK 6
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape; the same as before ∼HSK 6
盯住 盯住 dīng zhù to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
心服口服 心服口服 xīn fú - kǒu fú (idiom) to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over ∼HSK 6
相求 相求 xiāng qiú request ∼HSK 6
垫上 墊上 diàn shàng to pay for sb ∼HSK 6
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer; (fig.) (often used with) (of products, information etc) to appear; to emerge; to come out; (fig.) to dump; to inundate the market ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
偏心 偏心 piān xīn partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric ∼HSK 6
酬劳 酬勞 chóu láo reward ∼HSK 6
入股 入股 rù gǔ to invest ∼HSK 6
留洋 留洋 liú yáng (old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad ∼HSK 6