Phantom of the Theatre 2016
魔宫魅影
A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 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 | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 | lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom); fig. the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous; (of things) to be constantly evolving | Idiom |
| 好色 好色 | to want sex; given to lust; lecherous; lascivious; horny | Xiehouyu |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 祝融 祝融 | Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology | Proper Noun |
| 礼记 禮記 | Classic of Rites | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 西洋 西洋 | the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 大帅 大帥 | (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) | |
| 上镜 上鏡 | photogenic; to appear on film or in the media | |
| 申 申 | to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch | |
| 丽 麗 | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 内定 內定 | to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried | |
| 烧死 燒死 | to burn to death | |
| 幸会 幸會 | nice to meet you | |
| 导 導 | direct, guide, lead, conduct | |
| 镜 鏡 | mirror; lens; glass; glasses | |
| 江湖 江湖 | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 岁岁平安 歲歲平安 | May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting) |