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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| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 抹 抹 | to wipe | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 穿过 穿過 | to pass through | |
| 口味 口味 | a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 烦恼 煩惱 | to be worried; to be distressed; worries | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 传奇 傳奇 | legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | |
| 标 標 | mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 婴儿 嬰兒 | infant; baby; lead (Pb) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 吻 吻 | kiss; to kiss; mouth | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 妖魔鬼怪 妖魔鬼怪 | demons and ghosts | Idiom |
| 山盟海誓 山盟海誓 | to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods | Idiom |
| 雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | Idiom |
| 粉身碎骨 粉身碎骨 | lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life | Idiom |
| 舟车劳顿 舟車勞頓 | travel-worn | Idiom |
| 乌烟瘴气 烏煙瘴氣 | billowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere; in a turmoil | Idiom |
| 纠缠不清 糾纏不清 | hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel | Idiom |
| 一网打尽 一網打盡 | lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go | Idiom |
| 趋吉避凶 趨吉避凶 | to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) | Idiom |
| 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character | Idiom |