The Warlord and the Actress 1964
血溅牡丹红
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
Vocabulary
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 相亲相爱 相親相愛 | (idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other | Idiom |
| 防不胜防 防不勝防 | (idiom) virtually impossible to prevent | Idiom |
| 手忙脚乱 手忙腳亂 | (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered | Idiom |
| 团团转 團團轉 | to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy | Idiom |
| 知人知面不知心 知人知面不知心 | one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom) | Idiom |
| 皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 | flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) | Idiom |
| 轻巧 輕巧 | dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful | Xiehouyu |
| 急性子 急性子 | impetuous person; excitable person | Xiehouyu |
| 管不着 管不著 | to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! | 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 |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 杏花村 杏花村 | village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by) | Proper Noun |
| 山村 山村 | mountain village | Proper Noun |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 布防 佈防 | to lay out a defense | |
| 张口 張口 | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present | |
| 决明 決明 | (botany) cassia | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 婚事 婚事 | wedding; marriage |