Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat 2017

妖猫传 yāo māo chuán

During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.

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4.29 Intermediate Director Chen Kaige 🍅 91%

Cast

Huang Xuan Huang Xuan Bai Letian Shota Sometani Shota Sometani Kukai Hiroshi Abe Hiroshi Abe Abe Nakamaro Zhang Yuqi Zhang Yuqi Chunqin Qin Hao Qin Hao Chen Yunqiao Zhang Tian'ai Zhang Tian'ai Huji Yulian Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka Bai Ling Liu Haoran Liu Haoran Bai Long Sandrine Pinna Sandrine Pinna Yang Guifei Cheng Taishen Cheng Taishen The Watermelon Man

Vocabulary

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逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away; to escape ∼HSK 4
玉女 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM ∼HSK 4
袋子 袋子 dài zi bag ∼HSK 4
被单 被單 bèi dān (bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
轮回 輪回 lún huí variant of ∼HSK 4
酒味 酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol; flavoring of rum or other liquor in food; aroma or nose (of wine) ∼HSK 4
脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
怜悯 憐憫 lián mǐn to take pity on; pity; mercy ∼HSK 4
统治者 統治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler ∼HSK 4
逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4
卫队 衛隊 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers) ∼HSK 4
首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head; boss; chief ∼HSK 4
无助 無助 wú zhù helpless; helplessness; feeling useless; no help ∼HSK 4
躺下 躺下 tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
路径 路徑 lù jìng path; route; method; ways and means ∼HSK 4
针头 針頭 zhēn tóu tip of a needle; syringe needle ∼HSK 4
卫兵 衛兵 wèi bīng guard; bodyguard ∼HSK 4
重温 重溫 chóng wēn to learn sth over again; to review; to brush up; to revive (memories, friendship etc) ∼HSK 4
完结 完結 wán jié to finish; to conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
仅此而已 僅此而已 jǐn cǐ ér yǐ that's all; just this and nothing more ∼HSK 4
抄写 抄寫 chāo xiě to copy; to transcribe HSK 4
描写 描寫 miáo xiě to describe; to depict; to portray; description HSK 4
西瓜 西瓜 xī guā watermelon HSK 4
盘子 盤子 pán zi tray; plate; dish HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
优美 優美 yōu měi graceful; fine; elegant HSK 4
围巾 圍巾 wéi jīn scarf; shawl HSK 4
符号 符號 fú hào symbol; mark; sign HSK 4
鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower; fresh flowers HSK 4
寒冷 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate); frigid; very cold HSK 4
瓜 瓜 guā melon; gourd; squash HSK 4
诗人 詩人 shī rén bard; poet HSK 4
影子 影子 yǐng zi shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
了不起 了不起 liǎo bu qǐ amazing; terrific; extraordinary HSK 4
老虎 老虎 lǎo hǔ tiger HSK 4
疑问 疑問 yí wèn question; interrogation; doubt HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
保密 保密 bǎo mì to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy HSK 4
品质 品質 pǐn zhì character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) HSK 4
说服 說服 shuō fú to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú] HSK 4
日记 日記 rì jì diary HSK 4
喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite HSK 4
形容 形容 xíng róng to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
棵 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc HSK 4
眼里 眼裡 yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
代替 代替 dài tì to replace; to take the place of HSK 4