Legend of the Demon Cat 2017
妖猫传
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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Vocabulary
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| 巨大 巨大 | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 测试 測試 | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 亲爱 親愛 | dear; beloved; darling | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 获得 獲得 | to obtain; to receive; to get | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 提供 提供 | to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 起死回生 起死回生 | to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery | Idiom |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 李白 李白 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 白居易 白居易 | Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 全城 全城 | whole city | Proper Noun |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 帝 帝 | supreme ruler, emperor; god | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 魔法 魔法 | enchantment; magic | |
| 三代 三代 | three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
| 王朝 王朝 | dynasty | |
| 荣耀 榮耀 | honor; glory | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 黄金时代 黃金時代 | golden age |