Throughout the movie, I realised that a lot of chinese phrases could be applied in this movie itself.

Firstly, 知己知彼百战百胜. Which roughly translates to: Know yourself, know your enemy, and every war will be a victory. Totally true in this Romance of the Three Kingdoms story.

Secondly, 英雄不过美人关. This roughly translates to: A hero can never resist a beautiful woman. 周瑜's (Zhou Yu) wife, a beauty, actually caused the defeat of 曹操(Cao Cao). A prime minister as smart as 曹操 could not resist the beauty and eventually lost to 周瑜.

Thirdly, 团结就是力量. Translation: Unity is strength. 周瑜's army had a very interesting formation when they went in to attack 曹操's army. Really amazing!

You guys should really go watch the movie. I learnt a lot from it and also gained more insight to our chinese culture. Plus, Takeshi Kaneshiro looks really handsome and cool!

Now I gotta go find 赤壁 1's DVD! =)

- Red Cliff 2
by snoopy_lim @ 5:02 PM