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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lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
fēng zi madman; lunatic HSK 7
wèi taste; flavor; feeling HSK 7
nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
cán rěn cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless HSK 7
shā hài to murder HSK 7
bèi pàn to betray HSK 7
innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) HSK 7
bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
diē dad HSK 7
jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
穿 穿 chuān yuè to pass through; to traverse; to cross HSK 7
qíng rén lover; sweetheart HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
shěn pàn a trial; to try sb HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
jié conclusion; ending HSK 7
yīng ér infant; baby; lead (Pb) HSK 7
穿 穿 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
láng wolf HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
fēng yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds Idiom ∼HSK 6
zàng shēn zhī to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end Idiom ∼HSK 6
tiān zào shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another Idiom ∼HSK 6
jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
qīng chéng coming from everywhere; from all over the place; gorgeous (of woman); to ruin and overturn the state ∼HSK 6
páo zi Chinese-style gown ∼HSK 6
shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
dòng qíng to get excited; passionate; aroused to passion; to fall in love; on heat (of animals) ∼HSK 6
niǎo lóng birdcage ∼HSK 6
pàn zéi renegade; traitor ∼HSK 6
chóng féng to meet again; to be reunited; reunion ∼HSK 6
wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
chǒng xìng (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards ∼HSK 6
zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
xíng horseshoe shape ∼HSK 6
làn shā willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) ∼HSK 6