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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| 不可告人 不可告人 | to be kept secret; not to be divulged | |
| 家业 家業 | family property | |
| 偷袭 偷襲 | to mount a sneak attack; to raid | |
| 精兵 精兵 | elite troops | |
| 杂牌 雜牌 | inferior brand; little-known brand | |
| 吼叫 吼叫 | to howl; to bellow; to yell | |
| 划清 劃清 | to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly | |
| 杂牌军 雜牌軍 | miscellaneous troops; irregular troops; troops of varied allegiances; uncertified staff | |
| 稀巴烂 稀巴爛 | smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy | |
| 酬宾 酬賓 | bargain sale; discount | |
| 赐给 賜給 | to bestow; to give | |
| 生畏 生畏 | to feel intimidated | |
| 上刑 上刑 | severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture | |
| 杂耍 雜耍 | a sideshow; vaudeville; juggling | |
| 权重 權重 | weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) | |
| 撒娇 撒嬌 | to act like a spoiled child; to throw a tantrum; to act coquettishly | |
| 恶霸 惡霸 | evil tyrant | |
| 渺无音讯 渺無音訊 | to have vanished without a trace (idiom); no news or word at all | |
| 罗曼蒂克 羅曼蒂克 | romantic (loanword) | |
| 儿女情长 兒女情長 | deep romantic feelings; absorbed in love and tender sentiment (idiom) | |
| 绑走 綁走 | to abduct; to kidnap | |
| 抓贼 抓賊 | to catch a thief | |
| 大牢 大牢 | prison | |
| 喘不过 喘不過 | to be unable to breathe easily | |
| 统御 統御 | (literary) to have control over; to rule | |
| 九五之尊 九五之尊 | the supreme honor of the throne (idiom); imperial dignity; the emperor's position | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 宰相 宰相 | prime minister (in feudal China) | |
| 撑船 撐船 | to punt; to pole a boat | |
| 粉刺 粉刺 | pimple; comedo; blackhead; acne | |
| 闯荡 闖蕩 | to leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success | |
| 音讯 音訊 | letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence | |
| 动之以情 動之以情 | to sway someone with emotion (idiom); to appeal to one's feelings; paired with 晓之以理 | |
| 混熟 混熟 | to get familiar with | |
| 小酌 小酌 | to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party) | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across | |
| 自古以来 自古以來 | since ancient times | |
| 心甘情愿 心甘情願 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 独到 獨到 | original | |
| 日久生情 日久生情 | familiarity breeds fondness (idiom) | |
| 费解 費解 | to be puzzled; hard to understand; unintelligible; incomprehensible | |
| 收服 收服 | to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe | |
| 心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 | (idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous | |
| 办妥 辦妥 | to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through | |
| 腰杆 腰桿 | (a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight); (fig.) backing; support | |
| 钻进 鑽進 | to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into | |
| 蒙骗 矇騙 | to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb | |
| 妖道 妖道 | demonic Daoist | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 大吉 大吉 | very auspicious; extremely lucky |