A Writer's Odyssey

A Writer's Odyssey 2021

刺杀小说家 cìshā xiǎoshuōjiā

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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4.1 Intermediate Director Lu Yang 🍅 93%

Cast

Lei Jiayin Lei Jiayin Guan Ning (Red Armor Warrior) Yang Mi Yang Mi Tu Ling Dong Zijian Dong Zijian Lu Kongwen (Kongwen) Yu Hewei Yu Hewei Li Mu Guo Jingfei Guo Jingfei Old Monk / Black Armor Tong Liya Tong Liya Ban Ruo Dong Jie Dong Jie Xiao Yu Wang Shengdi Wang Shengdi Xiao Juzi Yang Yi Yang Yi Lord Redmane / Yu Changhai Liu Tianzuo Liu Tianzuo Electric Man

Vocabulary

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领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi 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° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
口燥唇干 口燥唇乾 kǒu zào chún gān to talk until one's mouth and lips are dry; to exhaust oneself persuading or explaining Idiom ∼HSK 6
先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom); fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities Idiom ∼HSK 6
弹指之间 彈指之間 tán zhǐ zhī jiān (idiom) in a flash; instantly Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
跌跌撞撞 跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] 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
娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
蹭饭 蹭飯 cèng fàn (coll.) to mooch a meal Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
啃老 啃老 kěn lǎo (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
大尾巴狼 大尾巴狼 dà yǐ ba láng (coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc 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
阿拉丁 阿拉丁 Ā lā dīng Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ∼HSK 6
肉丸 肉丸 ròu wán meatball ∼HSK 6
凡人 凡人 fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼HSK 6
宵禁 宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
辽远 遼遠 liáo yuǎn distant; faraway; remote ∼HSK 6
弓箭手 弓箭手 gōng jiàn shǒu archer ∼HSK 6
人贩子 人販子 rén fàn zi human trafficker ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
逆风 逆風 nì fēng to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
全尸 全屍 quán shī intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing ∼HSK 6
横竖 橫豎 héng shu anyway ∼HSK 6
蟹粉 蟹粉 xiè fěn crab meat ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
抓贼 抓賊 zhuā zéi to catch a thief ∼HSK 6
小笼包 小籠包 xiǎo lóng bāo steamed dumpling ∼HSK 6
远望 遠望 yuǎn wàng to gaze afar; to look into the distance ∼HSK 6
地笼 地籠 dì lóng cage-like fish trap ∼HSK 6
坚毅 堅毅 jiān yì firm and persistent; unswerving determination ∼HSK 6