Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat 2017

妖猫传 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%

Cast

Huang Xuan Huang Xuan Bai Letian Shota Sometani Shota Sometani Kukai Hiroshi Abe Hiroshi Abe Abe Nakamaro Zhang Yuqi Zhang Yuqi Chunqin Qin Hao Qin Hao Chen Yunqiao Zhang Tian'ai Zhang Tian'ai Huji Yulian Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka Bai Ling Liu Haoran Liu Haoran Bai Long Sandrine Pinna Sandrine Pinna Yang Guifei Cheng Taishen Cheng Taishen The Watermelon Man

Vocabulary

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都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
欺骗 欺騙 qī piàn to deceive; to cheat HSK 7
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty HSK 7
杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player HSK 7
感激 感激 gǎn jī to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
夜晚 夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
注定 註定 zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
惊讶 驚訝 jīng yà amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
阿谀奉承 阿諛奉承 ē yú fèng chéng flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking Idiom ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
活埋 活埋 huó mái to bury alive ∼HSK 6
驱魔 驅魔 qū mó to drive out devils; to exorcise ∼HSK 6
盛宴 盛宴 shèng yàn feast ∼HSK 6
文士 文士 wén shì literati; scholar ∼HSK 6
发芽 發芽 fā yá to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop ∼HSK 6
长袍 長袍 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown; robe ∼HSK 6
白文 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book; an unannotated edition of a book; intagliated characters (on a seal) ∼HSK 6
爪印 爪印 zhǎo yìn paw print ∼HSK 6
异域 異域 yì yù foreign country; alien land ∼HSK 6
皇权 皇權 huáng quán imperial power ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
没心没肺 沒心沒肺 méi xīn méi fèi simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted ∼HSK 6
魔术师 魔術師 mó shù shī magician ∼HSK 6
违抗 違抗 wéi kàng to disobey ∼HSK 6
愚弄 愚弄 yú nòng to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe ∼HSK 6
病逝 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in ∼HSK 6
床铺 床鋪 chuáng pù bed ∼HSK 6
巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol ∼HSK 6
闲聊 閒聊 xián liáo to chat; casual conversation ∼HSK 6
卑微 卑微 bēi wēi lowly; humble ∼HSK 6
情诗 情詩 qíng shī love poem ∼HSK 6