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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men they (for inanimate objects) HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
shì old practice HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
gǎn dào to feel; to sense; to perceive HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
yàng that kind; that sort HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
liàng classifier for vehicles HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
dài lái to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
rice; meter (classifier) HSK 2
zhōng xīn center; heart; core HSK 2
kuài happy; joyful HSK 2
liǎn face HSK 2
kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
gǒu dog HSK 2
huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
perhaps; maybe HSK 2
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
piān disk; sheet HSK 2
shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
fen part; share; section; piece HSK 2
dāng shí then; at that time; while HSK 2
bāng zhù assistance; aid; to help; to assist HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
rén men people HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
jiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb HSK 2
duì squadron; team; group HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2