Painted Skin 2008
画皮
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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| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 一等一 一等一 | (coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 那个 那個 | 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 | |
| 小二 小二 | waiter | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 都尉 都尉 | military rank | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 吃人 吃人 | exploitative; oppressive | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 一点 一點 | 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 | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than |