White Vengeance 2011
鸿门宴
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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Vocabulary
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| 还乡 還鄉 | (literary) to return to one's native place | |
| 身处 身處 | in (some place); to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc); to find oneself in; placed in; surrounded by | |
| 自家 自家 | oneself; one's own family | |
| 暗道 暗道 | secret passage; secret tunnel | |
| 军马 軍馬 | warhorse; cavalry horse; troops | |
| 父老 父老 | elders | |
| 尤 尤 | especially, particularly | |
| 此地 此地 | here; this place | |
| 苦头 苦頭 | sufferings | |
| 死士 死士 | person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause) | |
| 引见 引見 | to introduce (sb); (esp.) to present to the emperor | |
| 彩排 彩排 | dress rehearsal; to have a dress rehearsal | |
| 全身而退 全身而退 | to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece | |
| 亦即 亦即 | namely; that is | |
| 何不 何不 | why not?; why not do (sth)? | |
| 民心 民心 | popular sentiment | |
| 示 示 | show, manifest; demonstrate | |
| 共存 共存 | to coexist | |
| 旗 旂 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 三倍 三倍 | triple | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 无需 無需 | needless | |
| 守夜 守夜 | to be on all-night duty; to be on night watch; to keep a vigil | |
| 全无 全無 | none; completely without | |
| 此行 此行 | this trip | |
| 闪失 閃失 | mishap; accident; accidental loss | |
| 安乐 安樂 | Anle District of Keelung City, Taiwan | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 有方 有方 | to do things right; to use the correct method | |
| 既是 既是 | is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that | |
| 细听 細聽 | to listen carefully (for tiny sounds) | |
| 定当 定當 | necessarily | |
| 思量 思量 | to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 役 役 | service; a servant, laborer; to serve | |
| 安人 安人 | to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of, landlord | |
| 破败 破敗 | to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline | |
| 退守 退守 | to retreat and defend; to withdraw and maintain one's guard | |
| 贺 賀 | congratulate; send present | |
| 弗 弗 | not, negative | |
| 无名 無名 | nameless; obscure | |
| 击 擊 | strike, hit, beat; attack, fight | |
| 施 施 | grant, bestow; give; act; name | |
| 既已 既已 | already | |
| 劳 勞 | labor, toil, do manual work | |
| 严整 嚴整 | (of troops) in neat formation; (fig.) orderly | |
| 一直以来 一直以來 | in the past always; for a long time now; until now | |
| 危难 危難 | calamity | |
| 弃 棄 | reject, abandon, discard |