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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Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
biān river bank ∼HSK 2
liú fàng to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
sān tiáo three of a kind (poker) ∼HSK 2
shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse ∼HSK 2
shuì to take a nap; siesta HSK 2
dòng every movement; each and every move ∼HSK 2
tōng rén ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street ∼HSK 2
píng děng equal; equality HSK 2
zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
ài ren spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) HSK 2
fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
cān guān to look around; to tour; to visit HSK 2
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
yún (classical) to say HSK 2
duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
zhǔn què accurate; exact; precise HSK 2
pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable HSK 2
bái white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist HSK 2
hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
xìn xīn confidence; faith (in sb or sth) HSK 2
xíng to travel; journey; trip HSK 2
ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
hēi black HSK 2
duō jiǔ (of time) how long?; (not) a long time HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
gāo high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking HSK 2
shí then; at that time; in those days HSK 2
shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
滿 mǎn satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
gift; present HSK 2
bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
tóu fa hair (on the head) HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2