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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| 叫声 叫聲 | yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 敲门 敲門 | to knock on a door | |
| 高大 高大 | tall; lofty; towering | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 珍珠 珍珠 | pearl | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 盒子 盒子 | box; case | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 沙漠 沙漠 | desert | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 喷 噴 | to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 甲 甲 | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild |