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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| 尊姓大名 尊姓大名 | 尊: respect, revere, venerate; honor · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 名: name, rank, title, position | |
| 善后 善後 | to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations | |
| 止痛药 止痛藥 | painkiller; analgesic; anodyne | |
| 处变不惊 處變不驚 | to remain calm in the face of events (idiom) | |
| 风情万种 風情萬種 | (idiom) captivating; charming | |
| 小计 小計 | subtotal | |
| 受宠 受寵 | to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered | |
| 姨娘 姨娘 | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) | |
| 上吊 上吊 | to hang oneself | |
| 投胎 投胎 | to be reincarnated | |
| 抢购 搶購 | to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) | |
| 风度翩翩 風度翩翩 | 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider · 翩: fly, flutter · 翩: fly, flutter | |
| 仰慕 仰慕 | to admire | |
| 心甘情愿 心甘情願 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 大蒜 大蒜 | garlic | |
| 忌日 忌日 | anniversary of a death; inauspicious day | |
| 扬名 揚名 | to become famous; to become notorious | |
| 套交情 套交情 | to try to gain sb's friendship | |
| 人脉 人脈 | contacts; connections; network | |
| 绝活 絕活 | specialty; unique skill | |
| 班主 班主 | leader of a theatrical troupe | |
| 宰相 宰相 | prime minister (in feudal China) | |
| 撑船 撐船 | to punt; to pole a boat | |
| 虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.; like father, like son | |
| 偿命 償命 | to pay with one's life | |
| 贪心 貪心 | greedy | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as | |
| 一家老小 一家老小 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 家: house, home, residence; family · 老: old, aged; experienced · 小: small, tiny, insignificant | |
| 沾满 沾滿 | muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in | |
| 野鸡 野雞 | pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute | |
| 爹爹 爹爹 | daddy; granddad | |
| 干枯 乾枯 | withered; shriveled; dried-up | |
| 空壳 空殼 | empty shell | |
| 善待 善待 | to treat well | |
| 眉梢 眉梢 | tip of brow | |
| 暖炉 暖爐 | space heater; radiator | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 溜走 溜走 | to slip away; to leave secretly | |
| 沉浮 沉浮 | lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes | |
| 仰望 仰望 | to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully | |
| 做东 做東 | to act as host | |
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 加盟 加盟 | to become a member of an alliance or union; to align; to join; participate | |
| 影迷 影迷 | film enthusiast; movie fan | |
| 评选 評選 | to select on the basis of a vote or consensus | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any |