Painted Skin

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.

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3.82 Beginner Director Gordon Chan IMDb 6.3

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shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
yán color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after 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
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
xiǎng way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
píng bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
guān xīn to be concerned about; to care about HSK 2
shōu dào to receive HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
night HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
shǎo many; a lot; not few HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
yuè lái yuè more and more HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
duō many; a lot of; much HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
lòng lane; alley HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
bān same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2