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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| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 四面楚歌 四面楚歌 | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help | Idiom |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 送死 送死 | to throw away one's life | Xiehouyu |
| 身不由己 身不由己 | without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 屠城 屠城 | to massacre everyone in a captured city | Proper Noun |
| 楚国 楚國 | the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 夏侯 夏侯 | two-character surname Xiahou | Proper Noun |
| 朝中 朝中 | North Korea-China | Proper Noun |
| 城门 城門 | city gate | Proper Noun |
| 全城 全城 | whole city | Proper Noun |
| 关内 關內 | the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China | Proper Noun |
| 城阳 城陽 | Chengyang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong | Proper Noun |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 范 範 | surname; bee-like insect | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 救国 救國 | to save the nation | |
| 抗 抗 | resist, oppose, defy, reject | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 世事 世事 | affairs of life; things of the world | |
| 邦 邦 | nation, country, state | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 出奇 出奇 | extraordinary; exceptional; unusual | |
| 已然 已然 | already; to be already so; to have long been the case | |
| 势 勢 | power, force; tendency | |
| 烟雨 煙雨 | misty rain; drizzle | |
| 春风 春風 | spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
| 楼台 樓臺 | (dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 骑马 騎馬 | to ride a horse | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 决 決 | decide, determine, judge | |
| 并未 並未 | (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually...; has not actually... | |
| 属下 屬下 | subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 全胜 全勝 | total victory; to excel by far; name of a tank; slam | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 容下 容下 | to hold; to admit; to accommodate; to tolerate | |
| 亲口 親口 | one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally | |
| 合力 合力 | to join forces; concerted effort; (physics) resultant force | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 怕死 怕死 | to be scared of dying | |
| 围起 圍起 | to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence in | |
| 支部 支部 | branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be |