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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zhān to observe; to divine HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level HSK 2
míng xīng star; celebrity HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
zhōu weekend HSK 2
guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
tōng zhī to notify; to inform; notice; notification HSK 2
jiē street HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
jiào to educate; to teach; education HSK 2
fish HSK 2
ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
bàn gōng shì office; business premises; bureau HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
shí xiàn to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
night HSK 2
shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
zuǐ mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
shì market; city HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
duǎn short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
chóng xīn again; once more; re- HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
shēng yīn voice; sound HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
yǎn jing eye HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
ài adorable; cute; lovely HSK 2
bān same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
hóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus HSK 2