Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe 2015
九层妖塔
In 1979, a young soldier is working in China's snowcapped mountains when an explosion reveals bizarre fossils hidden deep in the mountain caverns. What they discover next will change his life and human history forever.
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Vocabulary
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| 牛头马面 牛頭馬面 | 牛: cow, ox, bull; KangXi radical93 · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 马: horse; surname; KangXi radical 187 · 面: face; surface; plane; side, dimension | Idiom |
| 锦绣河山 錦繡河山 | 锦: brocade, tapestry; embroidered · 绣: embroider; embroidery; ornament · 河: river; stream; yellow river · 山: mountain, hill, peak | Idiom |
| 似曾相识 似曾相識 | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted | Idiom |
| 腐朽 腐朽 | rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate | Xiehouyu |
| 吹牛 吹牛 | to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) | Xiehouyu |
| 正直 正直 | upright; upstanding; honest | Xiehouyu |
| 怪物 怪物 | monster; freak; eccentric person | Xiehouyu |
| 槐树 槐樹 | locust tree (Sophora japonica) | |
| 汤圆 湯圓 | boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival | |
| 彩霞 彩霞 | clouds tinged with sunset hues | |
| 富强 富強 | rich and powerful | |
| 魄力 魄力 | courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive | |
| 飘扬 飄揚 | to wave; to flutter; to fly | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 一连 一連 | in a row; in succession; running | |
| 唯独 唯獨 | only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique | |
| 隐约 隱約 | vague; faint; indistinct | |
| 刊物 刊物 | publication | |
| 壁画 壁畫 | mural (painting); fresco | |
| 后裔 後裔 | descendant | |
| 躲藏 躲藏 | to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover | |
| 盛开 盛開 | blooming; in full flower | |
| 阻拦 阻攔 | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 口子 口子 | hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent | |
| 埋藏 埋藏 | to bury; to hide by burying; hidden | |
| 肩负 肩負 | to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) | |
| 敬礼 敬禮 | to salute; salute | |
| 惨重 慘重 | disastrous | |
| 凝视 凝視 | to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on | |
| 守候 守候 | to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse | |
| 茫茫 茫茫 | boundless; vast and obscure | |
| 复兴 復興 | Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan | |
| 特制 特製 | special; unique | |
| 洞穴 洞穴 | cave; cavern | |
| 开动 開動 | to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating) | |
| 灭绝 滅絕 | to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate | |
| 完好 完好 | intact; in good condition | |
| 苏醒 甦醒 | to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness | |
| 文献 文獻 | document | |
| 浮现 浮現 | to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..) | |
| 领队 領隊 | to lead a group; leader of a group; captain (of sports squad) | |
| 雪山 雪山 | snow-capped mountain | |
| 常人 常人 | ordinary person | |
| 祖先 祖先 | ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved | |
| 玄 玄 | black; mysterious | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 坟墓 墳墓 | grave; tomb | |
| 锤 錘 | hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer | |
| 野外 野外 | countryside; areas outside the city |