The Warlord and the Actress

The Warlord and the Actress 1964

血溅牡丹红 xuè jiàn mǔdan hóng

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.

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记住 記住 jì zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
雨 雨 yǔ rain HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
一半 一半 yī bàn half HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
姐姐 姐姐 jiě jie older sister HSK 1
生日 生日 shēng rì birthday HSK 1
树 樹 shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
房间 房間 fáng jiān room HSK 1
忘记 忘記 wàng jì to forget HSK 1
坏 壞 huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
班 班 bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
休息 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
打电话 打電話 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call HSK 1
累 累 lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
风 風 fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
哥 哥 gē elder brother HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
回到 回到 huí dào to return to HSK 1
第 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
试 試 shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
白 白 bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
字 字 zì letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
忙 忙 máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
大学 大學 Dà xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism HSK 1