Dead Talents Society 2024
诡才之道
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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Vocabulary
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| 得 得 | to have to; must; ought to; to need to | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 想不开 想不開 | cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 放电 放電 | electrical discharge; (coll.) to lure; to entice | Colloquialism |
| 最好是 最好是 | (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 出饭 出飯 | (coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking) | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 天后 天后 | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 中和 中和 | Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 水里 水裡 | Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 点点 點點 | Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) | Proper Noun |
| 大和 大和 | Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc; Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc | Proper Noun |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of |