Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis 2013

jiāngshī

When a former actor moves into an apartment building with the intention of commiting suicide, he is saved by a Taoist priest who used to specialize in hunting Chinese hopping vampires: or Jiāngshī. Elsewhere in the building, a woman turns to a specialist in black magic to bring her husband back to life.

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3.77 Beginner Director Juno Mak 🍅 65%

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Vocabulary

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hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
shí food HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
tóu fa hair (on the head) HSK 2
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
míng xīng star; celebrity HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
yóu oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning HSK 2
jiē street HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
fish HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
hǎi ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
gǎi to change; to alter; to transform; to correct HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
tóng yàng same; equal; equivalent HSK 2
lòng lane; alley HSK 2
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline HSK 2
jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily HSK 2
chóng xīn again; once more; re- HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
men they (for inanimate objects) HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
xiǎng dào to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
zhèng cháng regular; normal; ordinary HSK 2