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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Vocabulary
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| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 夏侯 夏侯 | two-character surname Xiahou | Proper Noun |
| 苏州 蘇州 | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 阴阳家 陰陽家 | School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan | Proper Noun |
| 全城 全城 | whole city | Proper Noun |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 传家 傳家 | to pass on through the generations | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 乱说 亂說 | to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 糕 糕 | cakes, pastry | |
| 吉 吉 | lucky, propitious, good | |
| 热血 熱血 | hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology) | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 到任 到任 | to take office; to assume a post | |
| 每夜 每夜 | nightly | |
| 弄伤 弄傷 | to bruise; to hurt (something) | |
| 世间 世間 | world; earth | |
| 刀背 刀背 | back of the knife | |
| 乱动 亂動 | to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about | |
| 刀刃 刀刃 | knife blade; crucial point | |
| 赶路 趕路 | to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on | |
| 起火 起火 | to catch fire; to cook; to get angry | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 皮囊 皮囊 | leather bag | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 退后 退後 | to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions | |
| 人相 人相 | physiognomy | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver |