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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| 躲猫猫 躲貓貓 | hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game) | |
| 羞 羞 | shame | |
| 摄影机 攝影機 | (old) camera; movie camera; cine camera | |
| 无礼 無禮 | rude; rudely | |
| 偷听 偷聽 | to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) | |
| 吟 吟 | sing, hum; recite; type of poetry | |
| 乃是 乃是 | equivalent to either or | |
| 在旁 在旁 | alongside; nearby | |
| 原意 原意 | original meaning; original intention | |
| 号召力 號召力 | to have the power to rally supporters | |
| 腻 膩 | greasy, oily, dirty; smooth | |
| 卦 卦 | fortune telling; tell fortunes | |
| 戏子 戲子 | (derog.) opera singer; actor | |
| 死因 死因 | cause of death | |
| 偷拍 偷拍 | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent | |
| 碰触 碰觸 | to touch | |
| 大碍 大礙 | (usually used in the negative) major issue; serious problem; big deal | |
| 佬 佬 | (Cant.) man, person; mature | |
| 做戏 做戲 | to act in a play; to put on a play | |
| 风姿 風姿 | good looks; good figure; graceful bearing; charm | |
| 胆大 膽大 | daring; bold; audacious | |
| 杀青 殺青 | to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to finalize; to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) | |
| 排挤 排擠 | to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant | |
| 休 休 | do not, stop | |
| 孟婆汤 孟婆湯 | potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence | |
| 前尘 前塵 | the past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) | |
| 不恭 不恭 | disrespectful | |
| 落幕 落幕 | the curtain drops; the end of the show | |
| 衣食 衣食 | clothes and food | |
| 缘 緣 | karmic affinity | |
| 立正 立正 | to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) | |
| 恭 恭 | respectful, polite, reverent | |
| 抬举 抬舉 | to lift sth up; to elevate sb; to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc); to show great regard; to speak highly; Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] | |
| 犯错 犯錯 | to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing | |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 速 速 | fast | |
| 闭嘴 閉嘴 | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 | |
| 放屁 放屁 | to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish! | |
| 眉间 眉間 | the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella | |
| 鬼魅 鬼魅 | demon; evil spirit | |
| 落寞 落寞 | lonely; desolate | |
| 个儿 個兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 跟前 跟前 | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) | |
| 辈 輩 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | |
| 迷信 迷信 | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 灾 災 | disaster; calamity | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 时常 時常 | often; frequently |