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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zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
jiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) HSK 2
zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up HSK 2
awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly HSK 2
tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
gift; present HSK 2
bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
tiáo jiàn condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
lòng lane; alley HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shēng yīn voice; sound HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
ài adorable; cute; lovely HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
gǎn xiè (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2