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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| 假正经 假正經 | demure; prudish; hypocritical | Xiehouyu |
| 双喜临门 雙喜臨門 | two simultaneous happy events in the family | Xiehouyu |
| 耍花招 耍花招 | to play tricks on sb | Xiehouyu |
| 争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair | Xiehouyu |
| 蛮不讲理 蠻不講理 | completely unreasonable | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 撑死 撐死 | full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most | Colloquialism |
| 犯困 犯睏 | (coll.) to get sleepy | Colloquialism |
| 麻利 麻利 | swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 杜鹃 杜鵑 | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) | |
| 馄饨 餛飩 | wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] | |
| 入戏 入戲 | (of an actor) to inhabit one's role; to become the character; (of an audience) to get involved in the drama | |
| 副官 副官 | aide-de-camp | |
| 抓贼 抓賊 | to catch a thief | |
| 血肿 血腫 | hematoma; swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage | |
| 鬼魂 鬼魂 | ghost | |
| 怪力乱神 怪力亂神 | 怪: strange, unusual, peculiar · 力: power, capability, influence · 乱: confusion, state of chaos, revolt · 神: spirit, god, supernatural being | |
| 欺人 欺人 | bully others | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across | |
| 权重 權重 | weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) | |
| 爱慕虚荣 愛慕虛榮 | vain | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 莅临 蒞臨 | to arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than) | |
| 芸芸 芸芸 | numerous; diverse and varied | |
| 佳人 佳人 | beautiful woman | |
| 洋人 洋人 | foreigner; Westerner | |
| 多采 多采 | variant of | |
| 静脉 靜脈 | vein | |
| 烧焦 燒焦 | to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred | |
| 脑膜 腦膜 | meninx; meninges; membranes lining the brain | |
| 神探 神探 | master sleuth; lit. miraculous detective; cf Sherlock Holmes or Di Renjie | |
| 脂粉 脂粉 | cosmetics | |
| 岂止 豈止 | not only; far from; more than | |
| 酒庄 酒莊 | winery | |
| 胆识 膽識 | courage and insight | |
| 布景 佈景 | (stage) set | |
| 淡妆 淡妝 | light makeup | |
| 逗人 逗人 | amusing; funny; entertaining | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 炮仗 炮仗 | firecracker | |
| 吉兆 吉兆 | lucky omen | |
| 拘泥 拘泥 | to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease | |
| 触怒 觸怒 | to anger sb; to enrage | |
| 歪理 歪理 | fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument | |
| 赖皮 賴皮 | shameless; (slang) rascal |