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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偷偷 偷偷 tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
明明 明明 míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
提起 提起 tí qǐ to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
双手 雙手 shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
搜 搜 sōu to search HSK 5
动手 動手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
软 軟 ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
全都 全都 quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
鼓励 鼓勵 gǔ lì to encourage HSK 5
锁 鎖 suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
硬 硬 yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
命令 命令 mìng lìng order; command HSK 5
暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
撞 撞 zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
戏 戲 xì trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
舞 舞 wǔ to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush Idiom ∼HSK 4
千真万确 千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view Idiom ∼HSK 4
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4