The Nine-Colored Deer 1981
九色鹿
In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. This time, all the warriors' arrows turn into dust and the man is drowned
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Vocabulary
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| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 惩罚 懲罰 | penalty; punishment; to punish | |
| 邪恶 邪惡 | sinister; vicious; wicked; evil | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 挥 揮 | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth | Idiom |
| 恩将仇报 恩將仇報 | to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) | Idiom |
| 伤天害理 傷天害理 | to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts | Idiom |
| 见死不救 見死不救 | 见: see, observe, behold; perceive · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid | Xiehouyu |
| 陛下 陛下 | Your Majesty | |
| 枉然 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 手绘 手繪 | to paint by hand; to draw by hand; hand-painted; hand-drawn | |
| 大祸临头 大禍臨頭 | facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose | |
| 灵药 靈藥 | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem | |
| 失足 失足 | to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life | |
| 相救 相救 | rescue | |
| 永生永世 永生永世 | 永: long, perpetual, eternal, forever · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 永: long, perpetual, eternal, forever · 世: generation; world; era | |
| 起誓 起誓 | to vow; to swear an oath | |
| 如若 如若 | if | |
| 启奏 啟奏 | report to the emperor | |
| 脱险 脫險 | to get out of danger | |
| 行踪 行蹤 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 榜文 榜文 | proclamation text | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 出榜 出榜 | to publish class list of successful exam candidates | |
| 赐给 賜給 | to bestow; to give | |
| 临头 臨頭 | to befall; to be imminent | |
| 巡游 巡遊 | to cruise; to patrol | |
| 淹死 淹死 | to drown | |
| 葬送 葬送 | to hold a funeral procession and burial; to give sb a final send-off; (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc) | |
| 不料 不料 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 王后 王后 | queen | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 播 播 | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] |