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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Vocabulary

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shàng to get on a horse; to mount ∼HSK 3
shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
zǎo to die while still relatively young; to have been dead (for some years) ∼HSK 3
hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see ∼HSK 3
huì mortal ∼HSK 3
jiù to be saved ∼HSK 3
zhēn miàn true identity; true colors ∼HSK 3
shuāng shuāng both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) ∼HSK 3
dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head ∼HSK 3
xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
jià qian price HSK 3
guāng míng light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted HSK 3
qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
tiān kōng sky HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
yuàn wàng desire; wish HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
rén cái talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks HSK 3
shāng xīn to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt HSK 3
mìng yùn fate; destiny HSK 3
kǒng fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
xiāng each other; mutually; mutual HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
tōng cháng regular; usual; normal; usually; normally HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
xìng yùn fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
xiāo shī to disappear; to fade away HSK 3
weapon; arms HSK 3
jǐn not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
wěi huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) HSK 3
speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo HSK 3
zhí dào until HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
měi beautiful HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3