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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zhēng zhá to struggle HSK 7
āi interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
xiàn to envy; to admire HSK 7
chē huò traffic accident; car crash HSK 7
kǒu wèi a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
chéng xiàn to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
suàn budget HSK 7
shùn jiān in an instant; in a flash HSK 7
shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
kǒng to be frightened; fear; dread HSK 7
yǐn to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) HSK 7
mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
zhì (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite HSK 7
pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
gōng apartment building; block of flats HSK 7
yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
dān shēn unmarried; single HSK 7
mèi charm; fascination; glamor; charisma HSK 7
táo tài to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out HSK 7
to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
fěn bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth HSK 7
shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
kǒng terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
hún fēi 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
hún guǐ wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on Idiom ∼HSK 6
dāng miàn to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section Idiom ∼HSK 6
yīn hún sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive Idiom ∼HSK 6
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous Idiom ∼HSK 6
tiān huāng unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6