Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis 2013

僵尸 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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留 㽞 liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
药 藥 yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
过来 過來 guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
办 辦 bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
懂 懂 dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
米 米 mǐ rice; meter (classifier) HSK 2
靠 靠 kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
狗 狗 gǒu dog HSK 2
最近 最近 zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
份 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
面 面 miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
永远 永遠 yǒng yuǎn forever; eternal HSK 2
句 句 jù sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
卖 賣 mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
组 組 zǔ to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries HSK 2
方法 方法 fāng fǎ method; way; means HSK 2
越 越 Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
生 生 shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
讲 講 jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
掉 掉 diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
以前 以前 yǐ qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
加 加 jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
道 道 dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
有人 有人 yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
不同 不同 bù tóng different; distinct; not the same; not alike HSK 2
只要 只要 zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
虽然 雖然 suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
刚 剛 gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
相信 相信 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
接 接 jiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb HSK 2
信 信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
全 全 quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
完全 完全 wán quán complete; whole; totally; entirely HSK 2
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
结果 結果 jiē guǒ to bear fruit HSK 2
过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
为什么 為什麼 wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
名 名 míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
第一 第一 dì yī first; number one; primary HSK 2
不要 不要 bù yào don't!; must not HSK 2
不过 不過 bù guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
一直 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
生活 生活 shēng huó to live; life; livelihood HSK 2
一定 一定 yī dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
带 帶 dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
应该 應該 yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2