The Promise 2005
无极
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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Vocabulary
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| 我人 我人 | we | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 上第 上第 | top notch; highest quality | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 左边 左邊 | left; the left side; to the left of | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 地上 地上 | on the ground; on the floor | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 中间 中間 | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 回答 回答 | to reply; to answer; reply; answer | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 昨天 昨天 | yesterday | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver |