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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ǒu xiàng idol HSK 5
shén magical; mystical; miraculous HSK 5
huà in a word; in short HSK 5
dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball HSK 5
song HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
mào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
shú to be familiar with; to know well HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
sǔn shī loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage HSK 5
jiē chù to touch; to contact; access; in touch with HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
pāi shè to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
使 使 shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
méifǎr Can't Xiehouyu HSK 4
zi (coll.) to have diarrhea Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
Shào nián Gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jīn bǎo Campbell (name); Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gera (city in Germany) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wēi shān Weishan County in Jining, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4