Dead Talents Society

Dead Talents Society 2024

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When ghosts must compete to survive in the underworld by haunting the living, one unassuming young woman needs help creating a lasting performance while under the tutelage of a passionate agent and a washed-up diva.

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4.15 Intermediate Director John Hsu 🍅 95%

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Vocabulary

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tiē xīn intimate; close; considerate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
xiāng ràng neither giving way to the other Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
西 西 Jié Jessica (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shān Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chāo rén Superman, comic book superhero Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gāo Gundam, Japanese animation franchise; (Tw) Gouda (cheese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
线 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline; special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zhòu to curse ∼HSK 4
zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf, Xinhai Revolution of 1911 ∼HSK 4
zhé yāo to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
xuǎn xiù to select talented individuals; (sports) draft ∼HSK 4
jīng rén broker; middleman; agent; manager ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
hibiscus ∼HSK 4
agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
wēi scanty; meager ∼HSK 4
shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
滿 tián mǎn to cram ∼HSK 4
dēng chǎng to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product ∼HSK 4
yuè examine, inspect, review, read ∼HSK 4
xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
zhí lái in the past always; for a long time now; until now ∼HSK 4
xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
zhǔ recipient (of an award); winner (in a competition) ∼HSK 4
dìng diǎn to determine a location; designated; appointed; specific; fixed (time); fixed point (geometry); fixed-point (number) ∼HSK 4
chí spoon; surname ∼HSK 4
fān pāi to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction; to remake a movie or TV series; a remake; to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation ∼HSK 4
dài yán to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse ∼HSK 4
jiǎng to win a prize ∼HSK 4
hài to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4
variant of ∼HSK 4
xué university of science and technology ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
hán shuǐ watery ∼HSK 4
píng level ground; Japanese measure ∼HSK 4