Dead Talents Society

Dead Talents Society 2024

诡才之道 guǐ cái zhī dào

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%

Cast

Chen Bolin Chen Bolin Makoto Sandrine Pinna Sandrine Pinna Catherine Gingle Wang Gingle Wang The Rookie Eleven Yao Eleven Yao Jessica Bai Jing-yi Bai Jing-yi Camilla Soso Tseng Soso Tseng Kouji Lin He-hsuan Lin He-hsuan Nonbeliever Huang Di-yang Huang Di-yang Chairghost of the Dead Talents Society Milia Luo Milia Luo Connie Peace Yang Peace Yang Actress

Vocabulary

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不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
瞎掰 瞎掰 xiā bāi (coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
社畜 社畜 shè chù (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku") 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
旺来 旺來 wàng lái (Tw) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi]) ∼HSK 6
凄厉 淒厲 qī lì mournful (sound) ∼HSK 6
凶宅 兇宅 xiōng zhái inauspicious abode; haunted house ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
哇靠 哇靠 wā kào (Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") ∼HSK 6
同台 同臺 tóng tái to appear on the same stage ∼HSK 6
积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks ∼HSK 6
信手拈来 信手拈來 xìn shǒu niān lái 信: trust, believe; letter · 手: hand · 拈: pick up with fingers; draw lots · 来: come, coming; return, returning ∼HSK 6
秋霜 秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost; fig. white hair as sign of old age ∼HSK 6
始乱终弃 始亂終棄 shǐ luàn zhōng qì 始: begin, start; then, only then · 乱: confusion, state of chaos, revolt · 终: end; finally, in the end · 弃: reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 6
供品 供品 gòng pǐn offering ∼HSK 6
屁事 屁事 pì shì (vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business ∼HSK 6
忌日 忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death; inauspicious day ∼HSK 6
上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) ∼HSK 6
主机板 主機板 zhǔ jī bǎn motherboard ∼HSK 6
瞎忙 瞎忙 xiā máng to putter around; to work to no avail ∼HSK 6
辨识度 辨識度 biàn shí dù distinctiveness; identifiability; recognizability ∼HSK 6
坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building ∼HSK 6
惊骇 驚駭 jīng hài to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified ∼HSK 6
震撼弹 震撼彈 zhèn hàn dàn stun grenade; (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves; bombshell (revelation); blockbuster (product) ∼HSK 6
踢爆 踢爆 tī bào to reveal; to expose ∼HSK 6
定格 定格 dìng gé to fix; to confine to; freeze frame; stop motion (filmmaking) ∼HSK 6
情伤 情傷 qíng shāng romantic heartbreak ∼HSK 6
久仰大名 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom) ∼HSK 6
花招 花招 huā zhāo trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish ∼HSK 6
捷报 捷報 jié bào report of success; report of a victory ∼HSK 6
爆红 爆紅 bào hóng to be a big hit; to be hugely popular ∼HSK 6
凉亭 涼亭 liáng tíng pavilion ∼HSK 6
耍废 耍廢 shuǎ fèi (Tw) (slang) to pass time idly; to chill; to hang out ∼HSK 6
烤鸡 烤雞 kǎo jī roast chicken ∼HSK 6
杂讯 雜訊 zá xùn (Tw) (electronics) noise; interference ∼HSK 6
凄美 淒美 qī měi poignant; sad and beautiful ∼HSK 6
血浓于水 血濃於水 xuè nóng yú shuǐ blood is thicker than water; fig. family ties are closer than social relations ∼HSK 6
剧终 劇終 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) ∼HSK 6
奢侈品 奢侈品 shē chǐ pǐn luxury good ∼HSK 6
缴交 繳交 jiǎo jiāo to hand in; to hand over; to pay (a fee etc) ∼HSK 6
续约 續約 xù yuē to renew or extend a contract ∼HSK 6
分尸 分屍 fēn shī to dismember a corpse ∼HSK 6
蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience; (dialect) taking a crap ∼HSK 6
绝妙 絕妙 jué miào exquisite ∼HSK 6
解法 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem); method of solving ∼HSK 6
朝圣 朝聖 cháo shèng to make a pilgrimage ∼HSK 6
丰功 豐功 fēng gōng brilliant (exploit); meritorious (achievement) ∼HSK 6