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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xiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) HSK 5
piàn zi swindler; a cheat HSK 5
míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
suí hòu soon after HSK 5
wàng to thirst for; to long for HSK 5
chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
ǒu xiàng idol HSK 5
shén magical; mystical; miraculous HSK 5
warehouse; storehouse; (file) library HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
mìng lìng order; command HSK 5
each other; one another HSK 5
kuáng mad; wild; violent HSK 5
táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
shè to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) HSK 5
yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces; to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Kūn lún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lán the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
luò sundown; sunset ∼HSK 4
everlasting; unbounded ∼HSK 4
wáng fēi princess (in Europe) ∼HSK 4