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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lún (loanword) rhumba ∼HSK 6
fēi yáng to rise; to fly upward ∼HSK 6
bèng chū lai to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly ∼HSK 6
tóng zhuō desk-mate; seat-mate ∼HSK 6
hěn mìng exerting all one's strength ∼HSK 6
zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
zòng shēn to leap; to spring; to throw oneself ∼HSK 6
chī wài 吃: eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear · 里: unit of distance; village; lane · 扒: scratch; dig up; crawl; crouch · 外: out, outside, external; foreign ∼HSK 6
xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
jiāng lái lín imminent ∼HSK 6
dān bu cannot afford; cannot bear the burden ∼HSK 6
jīng shén zhuàng tài mental state; psychological condition ∼HSK 6
xiāng to be interdependent ∼HSK 6
huò to stir up trouble; to invite disaster HSK 6
raincoat HSK 6
yīn (tape) recording machine; tape recorder HSK 6
mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
xiū chē to repair a bike (car etc) HSK 6
làng wave HSK 6
yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6
péi tóng to accompany HSK 6
shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption HSK 6
āi hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
yào medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical HSK 6
lài 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 HSK 6
āi in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to HSK 6
nán wàng unforgettable HSK 6
xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
shēn shēn deep; profound HSK 6
chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
ér orphan HSK 6
fu to bully HSK 6
shàng yǎn to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging HSK 6
kāng to recuperate; to recover (health); to convalesce HSK 6
仿 彿 fǎng to seem; as if; alike; similar HSK 6
tóng identical; the same HSK 6
tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
yǐn cáng 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) HSK 6
zhǔ jué leading role; lead; protagonist HSK 6
huàn xiǎng delusion; fantasy HSK 6
cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
zhà dàn bomb HSK 6
yuǎn yuǎn distant; by far HSK 6
chēng 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 HSK 6
to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute HSK 6
tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6