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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rēng xià to throw down; to drop (bomb) ∼HSK 5
tái to lift up ∼HSK 5
yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
姿 姿 beauty; disposition; looks; appearance ∼HSK 5
zhàn to be made to stand still as a punishment ∼HSK 5
lǎo dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) ∼HSK 5
dāi huì r variant of ∼HSK 5
chí loosen, relax, unstring a bow ∼HSK 5
xiū shame ∼HSK 5
guō boiler ∼HSK 5
chū to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out ∼HSK 5
rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
qiān ràng to modestly decline ∼HSK 5
kuì jiù to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful ∼HSK 5
shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
shēng harmony (music) ∼HSK 5
zhāo shēng to enroll new students; to get students HSK 5
wén literature and art HSK 5
kǒu one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
chuáng dān bed sheet HSK 5
huó po lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive HSK 5
yǒu poisonous HSK 5
jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
zài (not) any more HSK 5
yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5
zhǎng to applaud; to clap HSK 5
chéng In the city HSK 5
jiǎo footstep; step HSK 5
rén jiān the human world; the earth HSK 5
zhōu all around HSK 5
péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
jǐn jǐn closely; tightly HSK 5
tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
rèn dìng to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
huà miàn scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view HSK 5
ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5