Painted Skin

Painted Skin 2008

画皮 huàpí

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

Cast

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Pang Yong Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Xiao Wei Chen Kun Chen Kun Wang Sheng Vicky Zhao Vicky Zhao Pei Rong Sun Li Sun Li Xia Bing Qi Yuwu Qi Yuwu Xiao Yi / Lizard Demon Jin Song Jin Song Gao Xiang David Liang Kai-Di Xia Huo Xiang Xiao Cong Xiao Cong Jing Ping Liu Yan Liu Yan Patroness

Vocabulary

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老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
庞 龐 Páng disorderly, messy; huge, big ∼HSK 5
慧 慧 huì bright, intelligent; intelligence ∼HSK 5
妍 妍 yán beautiful, handsome; seductive ∼HSK 5
斋 齋 zhāi vegetarian fast ∼HSK 5
昆 崐 kūn elder brother; descendants ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
妆 妝 zhuāng to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up ∼HSK 5
逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
官府 官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
荆 荊 jīng thorns; brambles; my wife; cane ∼HSK 5
毒性 毒性 dú xìng toxicity ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
驼 駝 tuó a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back ∼HSK 5
西天 西天 Xī tiān Western Heaven ∼HSK 5
玑 璣 jī pearl that is not quite round ∼HSK 5
卦 卦 guà fortune telling; tell fortunes ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead; to command; commander; officer ∼HSK 5
军法 軍法 jūn fǎ martial law ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
染布 染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth ∼HSK 5
修炼 修煉 xiū liàn (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
扔掉 扔掉 rēng diào to throw away; to throw out ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
酝 醞 yùn liquor, spirits, wine; ferment ∼HSK 5
玉佩 玉佩 yù pèi jade pendant; jade ornament ∼HSK 5
嘻 嘻 xī mirthful, happy; interjection ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
披甲 披甲 pī jiǎ to don armor ∼HSK 5
钗 釵 chāi ornamental hairpin ∼HSK 5
驱 驅 qū spur a horse on; expel, drive away ∼HSK 5
蕙 蕙 huì species of fragrant orchid ∼HSK 5
杀人犯 殺人犯 shā rén fàn murderer; homicide ∼HSK 5
膛 膛 táng chest; hollow space, cavity ∼HSK 5
痴 痴 chī foolish, stupid, dumb, silly ∼HSK 5
霄 霄 xiāo sky; clouds, mist; night ∼HSK 5
感应 感應 gǎn yìng response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance ∼HSK 5
疗伤 療傷 liáo shāng healing; to heal; to make healthy again ∼HSK 5
醉鬼 醉鬼 zuì guǐ drunkard ∼HSK 5
法术 法術 fǎshù magic arts ∼HSK 5
痣 痣 zhì spots, moles; birthmark ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
恳请 懇請 kěn qǐng to request earnestly ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5