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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huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
Yáng Guì fēi Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
bái (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
zuò dào impossible ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
rén servant ∼HSK 1
hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
shén file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
nián guò over (a certain age) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
tài imperial physician ∼HSK 1
nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
tài crown prince ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
穿 穿 kàn chuān see through (a person, scheme, trick etc) ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
cháng frequent visitor; fig. sth that crops up frequently ∼HSK 1