Electric Shadows 2005
电影往事
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 伦巴 倫巴 | (loanword) rhumba | |
| 飞扬 飛揚 | to rise; to fly upward | |
| 蹦出来 蹦出來 | to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly | |
| 同桌 同桌 | desk-mate; seat-mate | |
| 狠命 狠命 | exerting all one's strength | |
| 做功 做功 | (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) | |
| 纵身 縱身 | to leap; to spring; to throw oneself | |
| 吃里扒外 吃裡扒外 | 吃: eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear · 里: unit of distance; village; lane · 扒: scratch; dig up; crawl; crouch · 外: out, outside, external; foreign | |
| 新娘子 新娘子 | bride | |
| 即将来临 即將來臨 | imminent | |
| 负担不起 負擔不起 | cannot afford; cannot bear the burden | |
| 精神状态 精神狀態 | mental state; psychological condition | |
| 相依 相依 | to be interdependent | |
| 惹祸 惹禍 | to stir up trouble; to invite disaster | |
| 雨衣 雨衣 | raincoat | |
| 录音机 錄音機 | (tape) recording machine; tape recorder | |
| 馒头 饅頭 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread | |
| 修车 修車 | to repair a bike (car etc) | |
| 波浪 波浪 | wave | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 盼望 盼望 | to hope for; to look forward to | |
| 陪同 陪同 | to accompany | |
| 收养 收養 | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 医药 醫藥 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 难忘 難忘 | unforgettable | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 上演 上演 | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging | |
| 康复 康復 | to recuperate; to recover (health); to convalesce | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 隐藏 隱藏 | to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting) | |
| 主角 主角 | leading role; lead; protagonist | |
| 幻想 幻想 | delusion; fantasy | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 起诉 起訴 | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations |