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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| 家家户户 家家戶戶 | each and every family (idiom); every household | Idiom |
| 一举两得 一舉兩得 | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 胆小鬼 膽小鬼 | coward | Xiehouyu |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 踏上 踏上 | to set foot on; to step on or into | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 转学 轉學 | to change schools; to transfer to another college | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 应邀 應邀 | at sb's invitation; on invitation | |
| 抡 掄 | to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money) | |
| 检讨 檢討 | to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review | |
| 辫子 辮子 | plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 银幕 銀幕 | movie screen | |
| 报废 報廢 | to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged) | |
| 剧团 劇團 | theatrical troupe | |
| 没劲 沒勁 | to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest | |
| 桨 槳 | oar; paddle | |
| 鞠躬 鞠躬 | to bow; (literary) to bend down | |
| 妒忌 妒忌 | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy | |
| 胶片 膠片 | (photographic) film | |
| 海面 海面 | sea level; sea surface | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 改名 改名 | to change one's name | |
| 冲刺 衝刺 | (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 老远 老遠 | very far away | |
| 掏钱 掏錢 | to pay; to spend money; to fork out | |
| 迫害 迫害 | to persecute | |
| 艰巨 艱巨 | arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable | |
| 露天 露天 | outdoors; al fresco; in the open | |
| 毫不犹豫 毫不猶豫 | without the slightest hesitation | |
| 看中 看中 | to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on | |
| 环绕 環繞 | to surround; to circle; to revolve around | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 懂事 懂事 | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | |
| 司令 司令 | commanding officer | |
| 望远镜 望遠鏡 | binoculars; telescope | |
| 亲生 親生 | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) | |
| 确诊 確診 | to make a definite diagnosis; confirmed (case of a specific disease) | |
| 揪 揪 | to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull | |
| 迷恋 迷戀 | to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by; to be passionate about | |
| 煤矿 煤礦 | coal mine; coal seam | |
| 耀眼 耀眼 | to dazzle; dazzling | |
| 捆 捆 | a bunch; to tie together; bundle | |
| 人为 人為 | artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort |