White Vengeance

White Vengeance 2011

鸿门宴 hóngményàn

White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle.Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji, the woman he loves.Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu’s army.

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5.76 Advanced Director Daniel Lee IMDb 6.0

Cast

Leon Lai Ming Leon Lai Ming Liu Bang William Feng William Feng Xiang Yu Liu Yifei Liu Yifei Yu Ji Zhang Hanyu Zhang Hanyu Zhang Liang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Fan Zeng Jordan Chan Siu-Chun Jordan Chan Siu-Chun Fan Kuai Andy On Chi-Kit Andy On Chi-Kit Han Xin Jia Qing Jia Qing Female assassin Du Yiheng Du Yiheng Male demon; Qin shi Huang Di Chen Kuan-Tai Chen Kuan-Tai Qiu Ran

Vocabulary

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陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave 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
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) 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
居心叵测 居心叵測 jū xīn pǒ cè harboring unfathomable motives (idiom) 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
完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 wán bì guī Zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner Idiom ∼HSK 4
兵不血刃 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory Idiom ∼HSK 4
弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one Idiom ∼HSK 4
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly 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
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
刘邦 劉邦 Liú Bāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
项羽 項羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
咸阳 咸陽 Xián yáng Xianyang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 Hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
萧何 蕭何 Xiāo Hé Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's side during the Chu-Han Contention Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
楚怀王 楚懷王 Chǔ Huái wáng King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC); later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
九州 九州 Jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
十面埋伏 十面埋伏 Shí miàn Mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦始皇 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神女 神女 Shén nǚ The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英 大英 Dà yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦军 秦軍 Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
爱民 愛民 Ài mín Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兵家 兵家 Bīng jiā the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
护国军 護國軍 Hù guó jūn National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
会安 會安 Huì ān Hoi An (in Vietnam) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
姬 姬 Jī beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
亚父 亞父 yà fù (term of respect) second only to father; like a father (to me) ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
羽 羽 yǔ feather, plume; wings; rad. 124 ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4