Painted Skin 2008
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Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 范围 範圍 | range; scope; limit; extent | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 目标 目標 | target; goal; objective | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection | |
| 能力 能力 | capability; ability | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever |