Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat 2017

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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%

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huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous HSK 4
ān (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) HSK 4
zhù míng famous; noted; well-known; celebrated HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
shì to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
chōng (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 HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
wife and children HSK 4
shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
it seems; seemingly; as if HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
shǐ history HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
huò to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
guān pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out 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
huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery Idiom ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
Bái Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Bái Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
enchantment; magic ∼HSK 3
sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
wáng cháo dynasty ∼HSK 3
耀 耀 róng yào honor; glory ∼HSK 3
Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
huáng jīn shí dài golden age ∼HSK 3