Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat 2017

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%

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jìn to go in HSK 1
xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
jiā rén family member; (old) servant HSK 1
jiě jie older sister HSK 1
shēng birthday HSK 1
shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
饿 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
fu clothes HSK 1
wàng to forget HSK 1
máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on HSK 1
guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
lěng cold HSK 1
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce HSK 1
jiāo to teach HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
chuáng bed; couch; classifier for beds HSK 1
lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
ér daughter HSK 1
tīng dào to hear HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
lǎo shī teacher HSK 1
xué to learn; to study HSK 1
fēi to fly HSK 1
jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
li there; that place HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
shēn the body; one's health; in person HSK 1
Zhōng guó China HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
de to remember HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1