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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| 伟业 偉業 | exploit; great undertaking | |
| 抛锚 拋錨 | to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down | |
| 尖尖 尖尖 | sharp; pointed | |
| 运动服 運動服 | sportswear | |
| 再犯 再犯 | to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist | |
| 拖油瓶 拖油瓶 | (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage | |
| 目光呆滞 目光呆滯 | to have a lifeless look in one's eyes (idiom) | |
| 散播 散播 | to spread; to disperse; to disseminate | |
| 赌烂 賭爛 | (Tw) (slang) to be ticked off by (sb or sth); to be pissed at (sb or sth); to be in a foul mood; down in the dumps (from Taiwanese 揬𡳞, Tai-lo pr. [tu̍h-lān]) | |
| 自助餐 自助餐 | buffet; self-service meal | |
| 享誉 享譽 | to be renowned | |
| 偏废 偏廢 | to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others | |
| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 客串 客串 | to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for | |
| 监视器 監視器 | security camera; surveillance monitor | |
| 歌坛 歌壇 | singing stage; music business (esp. pop music) | |
| 天妒英才 天妒英才 | heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with; those whom the Gods love die young | |
| 半死不活 半死不活 | 半: half · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 活: live, exist, survive; lively | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 幼苗 幼苗 | young sprout; bud; sapling; seedling | |
| 通融 通融 | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan | |
| 入园 入園 | to enter a park or other place for public recreation (typically, one whose name ends in 園|园: a zoo, amusement park etc); to enrol in a kindergarten; to start going to | |
| 撼动 撼動 | to shake up; to deal a shock; (fig.) to stir (sb's heart) | |
| 过誉 過譽 | to praise too much; I really don't deserve so much praise | |
| 横空出世 橫空出世 | (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success | |
| 跨年 跨年 | to step into the new year; New Year | |
| 小屁孩 小屁孩 | kid; youngster; (derog.) brat | |
| 实况转播 實況轉播 | to broadcast live from the scene; live relay | |
| 退隐 退隱 | to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire | |
| 招式 招式 | (martial arts) formalized move | |
| 扩音 擴音 | to amplify (sound) | |
| 看扁 看扁 | to have a low opinion of | |
| 护身符 護身符 | amulet; protective talisman; charm | |
| 俯冲 俯衝 | to dive down fast; to swoop down | |
| 何止 何止 | far more than; not just | |
| 回旋 迴旋 | variant of | |
| 前置 前置 | to place before; frontal; leading; pre- | |
| 蓄势待发 蓄勢待發 | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc | |
| 长廊 長廊 | promenade; long hallway; Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing | |
| 下陷 下陷 | to subside; subsidence | |
| 地利 地利 | favorable location; in the right place; productivity of land | |
| 遮掩 遮掩 | to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) | |
| 身形 身形 | figure (esp. a woman's) | |
| 收割 收割 | to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops | |
| 掐死 掐死 | to throttle; to choke to death | |
| 反攻 反攻 | to counterattack; a counteroffensive | |
| 勾拳 勾拳 | hook (punch in boxing) | |
| 扳回一城 扳回一城 | to recover some lost ground (in a competition) | |
| 大雷 大雷 | (slang) large breasts | |
| 垂死 垂死 | dying |