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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first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
diāo xiè to wither; to wilt; wizened ∼HSK 1
yuè the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
xiǎo my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
zhàn lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
shàng shān to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
to pick up ∼HSK 1
dào shǒu to take possession of; to get hold of ∼HSK 1
zhè ge rén me personally; the sort of person I am ∼HSK 1
shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
zhēn ài true love ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
yǒu ài friendly affection; fraternal love ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
zhǎo huí to retrieve ∼HSK 1
bàn zhù to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement ∼HSK 1
xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
yòng to put sb in powerful position; to empower ∼HSK 1
rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1