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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| 祸根 禍根 | root of the trouble; cause of the ruin | |
| 此一时彼一时 此一時彼一時 | 此: this, these; in this case, then · 一: one; a, an; alone · 时: time, season; era, age, period · 彼: that, there, those · 一: one; a, an; alone · 时: time, season; era, age, period | |
| 谋士 謀士 | skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor | |
| 足见 足見 | it goes to show that; one can see | |
| 筵席 筵席 | banquet; mat for sitting | |
| 无以为报 無以為報 | unable to return the favor | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 以求 以求 | in order to | |
| 孤魂 孤魂 | lonely soul | |
| 纵有 縱有 | even if there were | |
| 妄动 妄動 | to rush indiscriminately into action | |
| 生灵 生靈 | (literary) the people; living thing; creature | |
| 涂炭 塗炭 | extreme distress; in utter misery | |
| 手足 手足 | hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices | |
| 相依 相依 | to be interdependent | |
| 遣使 遣使 | to dispatch an envoy | |
| 待命 待命 | to be on call; to be on standby | |
| 龙袍 龍袍 | dragon robe; emperor's court dress | |
| 御医 御醫 | imperial physician | |
| 用尽 用盡 | to exhaust; to use up completely | |
| 无字碑 無字碑 | stone tablet without inscription; blank stele | |
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise | |
| 为首 為首 | head; be headed by | |
| 布满 布滿 | to be covered with; to be filled with | |
| 起义 起義 | uprising; insurrection; revolt | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 必将 必將 | inevitably | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 事后 事後 | after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 派出 派出 | to send; to dispatch | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 争夺 爭奪 | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously |