A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation 1997

小倩 xiǎo qiàn

A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.

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两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled by corrupt practices Idiom ∼HSK 6
捷足先登 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
漏网之鱼 漏網之魚 lòu wǎng zhī yú lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom); fig. sb or sth that slips through the net Idiom ∼HSK 6
倾巢而出 傾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength Idiom ∼HSK 6
闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world Idiom ∼HSK 6
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
自甘堕落 自甘墮落 zì gān duò luò to abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go Idiom ∼HSK 6
后悔莫及 後悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. Idiom ∼HSK 6
手下留情 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts. Idiom ∼HSK 6
魂飞魄散 魂飛魄散 hún fēi pò sàn lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken Idiom ∼HSK 6
以卵击石 以卵擊石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
自投罗网 自投羅網 zì tóu luó wǎng to walk right into the trap Idiom ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
灵符 靈符 líng fú a Daoist talisman ∼HSK 6
情比金坚 情比金堅 qíng bǐ jīn jiān love is more solid than gold (idiom) ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
灵位 靈位 líng wèi memorial tablet ∼HSK 6
般若 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) ∼HSK 6
波罗蜜 波羅蜜 bō luó mì jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
灰烬 灰燼 huī jìn ashes ∼HSK 6
雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning ∼HSK 6
惩戒 懲戒 chéng jiè to discipline; reprimand ∼HSK 6
冤家 冤家 yuān jia enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love ∼HSK 6
帐簿 帳簿 zhàng bù account book ∼HSK 6
胡椒粉 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) ∼HSK 6
徒儿 徒兒 tú rén disciple (address) ∼HSK 6
同道中人 同道中人 tóng dào zhōng rén kindred spirit ∼HSK 6
作弄 作弄 zuò nòng to tease; to play tricks on ∼HSK 6
捏碎 捏碎 niē suì to crush (sth) in one's hand ∼HSK 6
用尽 用盡 yòng jìn to exhaust; to use up completely ∼HSK 6
煽情 煽情 shān qíng to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy; moving ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine; to lay sth by for a rainy day; also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 ∼HSK 6
撒尿 撒尿 sā niào to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee ∼HSK 6
捉摸 捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp ∼HSK 6
异动 異動 yì dòng to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move ∼HSK 6
塌房 塌房 tā fáng (neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal ∼HSK 6
利落 利落 lì luo agile; nimble; all settled; in order ∼HSK 6
收服 收服 shōu fú to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe ∼HSK 6
人间蒸发 人間蒸發 rén jiān zhēng fā to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth ∼HSK 6
化为乌有 化為烏有 huà wéi - wū yǒu (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish ∼HSK 6
不计 不計 bù jì to disregard; to take no account of ∼HSK 6
孺子可教 孺子可教 rú zǐ kě jiào 孺: child; blood relation; affection · 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch · 可: may, can, -able; possibly · 教: teach, class ∼HSK 6