The Thousand Faces of Dunjia 2017
奇门遁甲
The world is on the brink of catastrophe in a chaotic age where evil demons roam. In order to keep evil at bay, a mysterious organisation from the pugilist world emerges. A new constable and a young girl with a mysterious past are also drawn into this group, and the group embarks on an incredible adventure.
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Vocabulary
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| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 诸葛 諸葛 | two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] | Proper Noun |
| 黄帝 黃帝 | the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 开封府 開封府 | Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 长安 長安 | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 昆仑 崑崙 | Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 白虎 白虎 | White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia | Proper Noun |
| 盘古 盤古 | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | Proper Noun |
| 平定 平定 | Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 闹市 鬧市 | downtown area; city center | Proper Noun |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 霹雳 霹靂 | Perak (state of Malaysia) | Proper Noun |
| 神农 神農 | Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, and creator of agriculture | Proper Noun |
| 黄帝内经 黃帝內經 | The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC | Proper Noun |
| 千金方 千金方 | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao | Proper Noun |
| 大理 大理 | Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province | Proper Noun |
| 西域 西域 | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 门源 門源 | Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai | Proper Noun |
| 蚩尤 蚩尤 | Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor | Proper Noun |
| 张择端 張擇端 | Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 圆圈 圓圈 | circle | |
| 规 規 | rules, regulations, customs, law | |
| 役 役 | service; a servant, laborer; to serve | |
| 赤 赤 | red; scarlet; bare; naked | |
| 幽冥 幽冥 | dark; hell; netherworld; hades | |
| 庄 莊 | village, hamlet; villa, manor | |
| 办案 辦案 | to handle a (criminal) case | |
| 暗语 暗語 | code word | |
| 符 符 | i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 江湖 江湖 | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( | |
| 赏脸 賞臉 | (polite) do me the honor | |
| 用以 用以 | in order to; so as to | |
| 阁 閣 | chamber, pavilion; cabinet | |
| 归案 歸案 | to bring to justice; to file away (a document) | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 转移阵地 轉移陣地 | to move one's base (of operations); to reposition; to relocate | |
| 此行 此行 | this trip | |
| 全无 全無 | none; completely without | |
| 本处 本處 | here; this place | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 伤寒 傷寒 | typhoid | |
| 发落 發落 | to deal with (an offender) | |
| 病例 病例 | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |