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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受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西施 西施 Xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阎王殿 閻王殿 Yán wáng diàn Yama's palace Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北伐 北伐 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蓬莱 蓬萊 Péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
肥大 肥大 féi dà (of clothes) baggy; loose; (of a person) fat; stout; (medicine) hypertrophy ∼HSK 4
警备 警備 jǐng bèi guard; garrison ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
兵工厂 兵工廠 bīng gōng chǎng munitions factory ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
登时 登時 dēng shí immediately; at once ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense; to have meaning; to have significance; meaningful; significant; worthwhile; important; interesting ∼HSK 4
军阀 軍閥 jūn fá military clique; junta; warlord ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
牌九 牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) ∼HSK 4
幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
一肚子 一肚子 yī dù zi bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) ∼HSK 4
郊 郊 Jiāo suburbs; waste land, open spaces ∼HSK 4
毕 畢 Bì end, finish, conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
肚皮 肚皮 dù pí belly ∼HSK 4
不简单 不簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
阵风 陣風 zhèn fēng gust ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
无怪乎 無怪乎 wú guài hū no wonder (that...) ∼HSK 4
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult; to refer to; to look sth up in a reference source ∼HSK 4
阅 閱 yuè examine, inspect, review, read ∼HSK 4
开怀 開懷 kāi huái to one's heart's content; without restraint ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
时局 時局 shí jú current political situation ∼HSK 4
密报 密報 mì bào secret report ∼HSK 4
卫队 衛隊 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers) ∼HSK 4
暗地 暗地 àn dì secretly; inwardly; on the sly ∼HSK 4
岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting) ∼HSK 4