The Lion Roars

The Lion Roars 2002

河东狮吼 hédōngshīhǒu

During the Soong Dynasty, a beautiful woman named Liu is searching for a husband, but is unable to find one until she hears the avant-garde poetry of Chen. Soon the two are married and Chen discovers that his new bride is violently temperamental and insanely jealous, who limits his activities and lifestyle. When a princess falls in love with the poet and the Emperor decrees that Chen must take the princess in as a second-wife. The love between Liu and Chen is put to the test.

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4.22 Intermediate Director Joe Ma Wai-Ho IMDb 5.9

Cast

Louis Koo Louis Koo Seasonal Chan Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Moth Liu Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing Princess Wyman Wong Wai-Man Wyman Wong Wai-Man Super Double Blades Liu Benz Hui Siu-Hung Benz Hui Siu-Hung Soo Tung Bo Emotion Cheung Kam-Ching Emotion Cheung Kam-Ching Wong Choy Raymond Ho-Yin Wong Raymond Ho-Yin Wong Long Joe Lee Yiu-Ming Joe Lee Yiu-Ming Yau Fanny Chan Ping-Ping Mao Jian Emperor

Vocabulary

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如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
不见棺材不落泪 不見棺材不落淚 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom); fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality Idiom ∼HSK 4
湖光山色 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape Idiom ∼HSK 4
明摆着 明擺著 míng bǎi zhe evident; clear; undoubted Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
聊天 聊天 liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波士顿 波士頓 Bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
镇远 鎮遠 Zhèn yuǎn Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蜘蛛侠 蜘蛛俠 Zhī zhū xiá Spider-Man, comic book superhero Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯 波斯 Bō sī Persia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯猫 波斯貓 Bō sī māo Persian (cat) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
萄 萄 táo grapes ∼HSK 4
早安 早安 zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
侠 俠 xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
自家人 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms; sb from the same place (same house, same town etc); one of us ∼HSK 4
贝 貝 Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
何等 何等 hé děng what kind?; how, what; somewhat ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
单单 單單 dān dān only; merely; just ∼HSK 4
冠 冠 Guàn cap, crown, headgear ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
男子气概 男子氣概 nán zǐ qì gài masculinity; manliness ∼HSK 4
多疑 多疑 duō yí mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid ∼HSK 4
心烦 心煩 xīn fán to feel agitated; to be troubled; to be annoyed; an upset or distraction ∼HSK 4
白日梦 白日夢 bái rì mèng daydream; reverie ∼HSK 4
蜘蛛 蜘蛛 zhī zhū spider ∼HSK 4
划一 劃一 huà yī uniform; to standardize ∼HSK 4
大力士 大力士 dà lì shì strong man; Hercules ∼HSK 4
高处 高處 gāo chù high place; elevation ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
报效 報效 bào xiào render service to repay kindness ∼HSK 4
一言 一言 yī yán one sentence; brief remark ∼HSK 4
梦中 夢中 mèng zhōng in a dream ∼HSK 4
何日 何日 hé rì when? ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
有味 有味 yǒu wèi tasty ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
高处不胜寒 高處不勝寒 gāo chù bù shèng hán it's lonely at the top (idiom) ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc) ∼HSK 4
圆缺 圓缺 yuán quē waxing and waning (of the moon) ∼HSK 4