The Promise

The Promise 2005

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.

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3.75 Beginner Director Chen Kaige 🍅 30%

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tiān xià shuāng 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 双: set of two, pair, couple; both Idiom ∼HSK 7
suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together Idiom HSK 7
dǎn xiǎo guǐ coward Xiehouyu HSK 7
wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
bēi huān joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life HSK 7
xuán profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles HSK 7
luò to decline; to wane HSK 7
to make an exception HSK 7
yuán lǎo senior figure; elder; doyen HSK 7
jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
jié jìng clean; to cleanse HSK 7
lán to stop; to obstruct HSK 7
miè jué to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate HSK 7
zūn guì respected; respectable; honorable HSK 7
mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
xuán precipice; overhanging cliff HSK 7
xiàng direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts HSK 7
xiá canyon; gill; ravine HSK 7
kěn Refuse HSK 7
huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
waterfall HSK 7
fēi xiáng to circle in the air; to soar HSK 7
cóng tóu anew; from the start HSK 7
zhòng shāng seriously hurt; serious injury HSK 7
duì zhǔn to aim at; to target; to point at; to be directed at; registration; alignment (mechanical engineering) HSK 7
kǔn a bunch; to tie together; bundle HSK 7
to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) HSK 7
rén shēn person; personal; human body HSK 7
ráo rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although HSK 7
tiān heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
qìng xìng to rejoice; to be glad HSK 7
slave HSK 7
shùn jiān split second HSK 7
zhǒng race; ethnicity HSK 7
shéng zi cord; string; rope HSK 7
kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
jiā exclusive HSK 7
xìng mìng life HSK 7
to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied HSK 7
yǒng never; will never HSK 7
shì to vow; to pledge; to swear HSK 7
bèn dàn fool; idiot HSK 7
shēng life or death HSK 7