Warriors of Heaven and Earth 2003
天地英雄
A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.
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Vocabulary
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| 陌路 陌路 | (literary) stranger | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 心软 心軟 | to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted; to be kindhearted | |
| 四脚蛇 四腳蛇 | lizard | |
| 师兄 師兄 | elder fellow disciple | |
| 撂 撂 | put down, put aside; drop | |
| 尸 屍 | corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 | |
| 驴 驢 | donkey, ass | |
| 大漠 大漠 | desert | |
| 费神 費神 | to spend effort; to take trouble; May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request); Please would you mind...? | |
| 队尾 隊尾 | back of the line; last one in line | |
| 违者 違者 | violator | |
| 山洞 山洞 | cavern; cave | |
| 食人 食人 | man-eating (beast); to eat people; fig. to oppress the people | |
| 尊 尊 | honored | |
| 僧 僧 | monk | |
| 速 速 | fast | |
| 毒药 毒藥 | poison | |
| 慧 慧 | bright, intelligent; intelligence | |
| 寺院 寺院 | cloister; temple; monastery | |
| 莲花 蓮花 | lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily | |
| 柴火 柴火 | plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 故道 故道 | old road; old way; old course (of a river) | |
| 枯 枯 | dried out, withered, decayed | |
| 燥 燥 | dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered | |
| 师弟 師弟 | younger fellow disciple | |
| 追杀 追殺 | to chase to kill | |
| 军火库 軍火庫 | arsenal | |
| 颂 頌 | laud, acclaim; hymn; ode | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 不能不 不能不 | have to; cannot but | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 册 冊 | book; booklet; classifier for books | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 言语 言語 | words; speech; (spoken) language | |
| 沙漠 沙漠 | desert | |
| 从中 從中 | from within; therefrom | |
| 键 鍵 | key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 许可 許可 | to allow; to permit | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 天才 天才 | talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted | |
| 寸 寸 | a unit of length; inch; thumb | |
| 解除 解除 | to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement) | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 以往 以往 | in the past; formerly | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't |