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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| 燕瘦环肥 燕瘦環肥 | 燕: swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy · 瘦: thin, emaciated, lean; meager · 环: jade ring or bracelet; ring · 肥: fat, plump, obese; fertile | Idiom |
| 面目狰狞 面目猙獰 | 面: face; surface; plane; side, dimension · 目: eye; look, see; division, topic · 狰: fierce-looking, ferocious · 狞: ferocious appearance; hideous | Idiom |
| 一介书生 一介書生 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 介: forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor · 书: book, letter, document; writings · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth | Idiom |
| 天经地义 天經地義 | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course | Idiom |
| 一干二净 一乾二淨 | thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean | Idiom |
| 吹捧 吹捧 | to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation | Xiehouyu |
| 窟窿 窟窿 | hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt | Xiehouyu |
| 冷落 冷落 | desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 愣 愣 | to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly | Colloquialism |
| 亲热 親熱 | affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 受过 受過 | to take the blame (for sb else) | |
| 陪葬 陪葬 | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 冒昧 冒昧 | bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of | |
| 倔 倔 | used in 倔强 | |
| 本分 本分 | (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role | |
| 喜事 喜事 | happy occasion; wedding | |
| 洋溢 洋溢 | brimming with; steeped in | |
| 打搅 打攪 | to disturb; to trouble; to bother | |
| 飙升 飆升 | to rise rapidly; to soar | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 芬芳 芬芳 | perfume; fragrant | |
| 仇人 仇人 | foe; one's personal enemy | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 瞧不起 瞧不起 | to look down upon; to hold in contempt | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 含糊 含糊 | ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 杂技 雜技 | acrobatics | |
| 荒 荒 | desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect | |
| 冒犯 冒犯 | to offend | |
| 拍戏 拍戲 | to shoot a movie | |
| 得体 得體 | appropriate to the occasion; fitting | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 透气 透氣 | to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 守候 守候 | to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse | |
| 回首 回首 | to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past | |
| 动听 動聽 | pleasant to listen to | |
| 离奇 離奇 | odd; bizarre | |
| 宽恕 寬恕 | to forgive; forgiveness | |
| 粉末 粉末 | fine powder; dust | |
| 执着 執著 | to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment | |
| 缓和 緩和 | to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild | |
| 安稳 安穩 | steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth | |
| 亲身 親身 | personal; oneself |