A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation 1997
小倩
A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.
Vocabulary
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| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 天马行空 天馬行空 | like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative; unconstrained in style | Idiom |
| 鸟语花香 鳥語花香 | lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day | Idiom |
| 光天化日 光天化日 | the full light of day (idiom); fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight | Idiom |
| 本来面目 本來面目 | (idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance | Idiom |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 金刚 金剛 | King Kong | Proper Noun |
| 五台山 五臺山 | Mt Wutai in Shanxi, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri | Proper Noun |
| 五指山 五指山 | Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan | Proper Noun |
| 美的 美的 | Midea (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 出世 出世 | to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 修行 修行 | to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft | |
| 亲亲 親親 | dear one; to kiss; friendly | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 爱美 愛美 | to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed; (literary) on very friendly terms | |
| 会心 會心 | knowing (of a smile, look etc) | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 日光 日光 | sunlight | |
| 升起 升起 | to raise; to hoist; to rise | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present | |
| 感觉到 感覺到 | to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware | |
| 心机 心機 | thinking; scheme | |
| 争取时间 爭取時間 | to act with urgency; to buy time | |
| 先走一步 先走一步 | to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself); (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse) | |
| 直行 直行 | to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right | |
| 死后 死後 | after death; posthumous | |
| 连连 連連 | repeatedly; again and again | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 阳春面 陽春麵 | plain noodles in broth | |
| 一类 一類 | same type; category 1 (i.e. class A) | |
| 面相 面相 | facial features; appearence; physiognomy | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 出马 出馬 | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring |