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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党 黨 dǎng party; association; club; society HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces; troops HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
爆炸 爆炸 bào zhà explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate HSK 6
说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks; troops; queue; line; procession HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
官运亨通 官運亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
不分皂白 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong Idiom ∼HSK 5
血口喷人 血口噴人 xuè kǒu pēn rén to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks Idiom ∼HSK 5
寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ Nán Shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! Idiom ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
老样子 老樣子 lǎo yàng zi old situation; things as they were Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
乱党 亂黨 luàn dǎng the rebel party ∼HSK 5
佩 佩 pèi belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect ∼HSK 5
参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff ∼HSK 5
军火 軍火 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition; munitions; arms ∼HSK 5
嗳 噯 ǎi interjection; exclamation ∼HSK 5
手榴弹 手榴彈 shǒu liú dàn hand grenade ∼HSK 5
毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) ∼HSK 5
拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday; offer birthday felicitations ∼HSK 5
花厅 花廳 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden) ∼HSK 5
桃花运 桃花運 táo huā yùn luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
校庆 校慶 xiào qìng anniversary of the founding of a school ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
暮 暮 mù evening, dusk, sunset; ending ∼HSK 5
蛾眉 蛾眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
戒严 戒嚴 jiè yán to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures ∼HSK 5
颈 頸 gěng neck, throat ∼HSK 5
大姑 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
呕 嘔 ǒu vomit; annoy, enrage ∼HSK 5
舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
扔掉 扔掉 rēng diào to throw away; to throw out ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5