Rigor Mortis 2013
僵尸
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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Vocabulary
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| 飘泊 飄泊 | variant of | |
| 善人 善人 | philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer | |
| 但凡 但凡 | every single; as long as | |
| 命不久矣 命不久矣 | at death's door | |
| 超渡 超渡 | variant of | |
| 犬齿 犬齒 | canine tooth | |
| 惹人 惹人 | to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) | |
| 古灵精怪 古靈精怪 | (idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky | |
| 肺癌 肺癌 | lung cancer | |
| 借命 借命 | to live out a pointless existence | |
| 收服 收服 | to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe | |
| 结界 結界 | (Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai") | |
| 补习 補習 | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 母子 母子 | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | |
| 吉利 吉利 | Geely, Chinese car make | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 阴谋 陰謀 | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 街头 街頭 | street | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 支援 支援 | to provide assistance; to support; to back | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 会见 會見 | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) | |
| 远离 遠離 | to be far from; to keep away from | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 主角 主角 | leading role; lead; protagonist | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 炒 炒 | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions |