Electric Shadows

Electric Shadows 2005

diànyǐng wǎngshì

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.

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3.73 Beginner Director Jiang Xiao 🍅 73%

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Vocabulary

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suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
āng zāng dirty; filthy; despicable ∼HSK 2
dào hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
mài chàng to sing for a living ∼HSK 2
jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
bào dǎo to report (in the media); (news) report ∼HSK 2
liú zhù to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical) ∼HSK 2
zhǐ I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
jīng eyeball; pupil of eye ∼HSK 2
piào to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support ∼HSK 2
liú to repeat a year in school ∼HSK 2
huài furious; very angry ∼HSK 2
chéng all day long; the whole day; the whole time ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
dào yǐng inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down) ∼HSK 2
绿 shù trees; greenery ∼HSK 2
liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
jiā yǎng domestic (animals); home reared ∼HSK 2
zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
méi liǎn ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) ∼HSK 2
lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
diǎn diǎn a little bit HSK 2
wán r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
nián grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
chē to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle) HSK 2
to review; revision HSK 2
Guó yuàn State Council (PRC); State Department (USA) ∼HSK 2
li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
biān curb; roadside; wayside HSK 2
tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
lǎo shi always HSK 2