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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pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
chōng thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash HSK 4
xīn psychology; mentality HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
ér shì rather HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
zǒng tǒng president (of a country) HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
zhì liáo to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
guān pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
wǎng (coll.) (to beat etc) to death Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
xiǎo zhèn small town; village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Tiě Li Tie (1977-), footballer Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, official press agency of the People's Republic of China, founded in 1931 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōu Ēn lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
tiě dào railway line; rail track ∼HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
jiǎn check; examine ∼HSK 3
xié broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut ∼HSK 3
huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
zǒng yào nevertheless ∼HSK 3
pèi to ration; to allocate ∼HSK 3
měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
shuǐ lóng hose; pipe; fire hose; (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) ∼HSK 3
jué decide, determine, judge ∼HSK 3
yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
shuāng yǎn the two eyes ∼HSK 3