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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| 下场 下場 | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | |
| 才华 才華 | talent | |
| 往事 往事 | past events; former happenings | |
| 嫌疑 嫌疑 | suspicion; to have suspicions | |
| 隆重 隆重 | grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 思念 思念 | to think of; to long for; to miss | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 手脚 手腳 | hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure | |
| 剧院 劇院 | theater | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 宽容 寬容 | lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 祭 祭 | to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 以免 以免 | in order to avoid; so as not to | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 鲜血 鮮血 | blood | |
| 无敌 無敵 | unequalled; without rival; a paragon | |
| 伪装 偽裝 | to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as; pretense; disguise; (military) to camouflage; camouflage | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 新生 新生 | new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 永不 永不 | never; will never | |
| 发誓 發誓 | to vow; to pledge; to swear | |
| 垫 墊 | pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) | |
| 皇后 皇后 | empress; imperial consort | |
| 极度 極度 | extremely | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 凡 凡 | ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale | |
| 孔 孔 | hole; classifier for cave dwellings | |
| 颁奖 頒獎 | to confer an award | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 人选 人選 | choice of person; candidate | |
| 使命 使命 | mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling | |
| 竞选 競選 | to take part in an election; to run for office | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 开工 開工 | to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job | |
| 当晚 當晚 | on that evening | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 飘 飄 | to float | |
| 逃避 逃避 | to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot |