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
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 淡 淡 | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen | |
| 亲密 親密 | intimate; close | |
| 胖子 胖子 | fat person; fatty | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 晒 晒 | variant of 晒 | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 身材 身材 | stature; build (height and weight); figure | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 承担 承擔 | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 冰 冰 | ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 发挥 發揮 | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) | |
| 兴趣 興趣 | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 寻找 尋找 | to seek; to look for | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great |