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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不甘雌伏 不甘雌伏 bù gān cí fú 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 甘: sweetness; sweet, tasty · 雌: female; feminine; gentle, soft · 伏: crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal Idiom ∼HSK 7
人来人往 人來人往 rén lái rén wǎng 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 往: go, depart; past, formerly Idiom ∼HSK 7
八仙过海 八仙過海 bā xiān guò hǎi 八: eight; all around, all sides · 仙: Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal · 过: pass, pass through, go across · 海: sea, ocean; maritime Idiom ∼HSK 7
兵多将广 兵多將廣 bīng duō jiàng guǎng 兵: soldier, troops · 多: much, many; more than, over · 将: will, going to, future; general · 广: wide, extensive, broad; rad. 53 Idiom ∼HSK 7
亢龙有悔 亢龍有悔 kàng lóng yǒu huǐ 亢: high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name · 龙: dragon; symbolic of emperor · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 悔: repent, show remorse, regret Idiom ∼HSK 7
含糊其辞 含糊其辭 hán hú qí cí 含: hold in mouth; cherish; contain · 糊: paste, stick on with paste · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 辞: words, speech, expression, phrase Idiom ∼HSK 7
情意绵绵 情意綿綿 qíng yì mián mián 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 意: thought, idea, opinion; think · 绵: cotton wad; wool; soft, downy · 绵: cotton wad; wool; soft, downy Idiom ∼HSK 7
月黑风高 月黑風高 yuè hēi fēng gāo 月: moon; month; KangXi radical 74 · 黑: black; dark; evil, sinister · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated Idiom ∼HSK 7
惊天动地 驚天動地 jīng tiān dòng dì world-shaking (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
乘人之危 乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi to take advantage of sb's precarious position Xiehouyu HSK 7
吹捧 吹捧 chuī pěng to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation Xiehouyu HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
使唤 使喚 shǐ huan to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
秧歌 秧歌 yāng ge Yangge, a popular rural folk dance HSK 7
连年 連年 lián nián successive years; over many years HSK 7
学艺 學藝 xué yì to learn a skill or art HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened HSK 7
巴结 巴結 bā jie to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to HSK 7
艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous; garish and beautiful HSK 7
污蔑 污衊 wū miè to slander; to smear; to tarnish HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
瓜子 瓜子 guā zǐ melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack HSK 7
顺应 順應 shùn yìng to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to HSK 7
合资 合資 hé zī joint venture HSK 7
上火 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
能人 能人 néng rén capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid HSK 7
拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction HSK 7
膳食 膳食 shàn shí meals; food HSK 7
扫除 掃除 sǎo chú to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.) HSK 7
挟持 挾持 xié chí to seize HSK 7
烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook HSK 7
倒卖 倒賣 dǎo mài to resell at a profit; to speculate HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
太极 太極 Tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology HSK 7
辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle HSK 7
缴费 繳費 jiǎo fèi to pay a fee HSK 7
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
爽快 爽快 shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer; to give advice HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7