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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| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 生老病死 生老病死 | lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom); fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) | Idiom |
| 一生一世 一生一世 | a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life | Idiom |
| 送死 送死 | to throw away one's life | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 美的 美的 | Midea (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 马拉 馬拉 | Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician | Proper Noun |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 活下去 活下去 | to survive; to keep on living | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 复生 復生 | to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 死期 死期 | time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term | |
| 救出 救出 | to rescue; to pluck from danger | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 怕死 怕死 | to be scared of dying | |
| 死去 死去 | to die | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 人居 人居 | human habitat | |
| 被困 被困 | to be trapped; to be stranded | |
| 指路 指路 | to give directions | |
| 赶路 趕路 | to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on | |
| 把头 把頭 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 感觉到 感覺到 | to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 骑马 騎馬 | to ride a horse | |
| 救活 救活 | to bring back to life |