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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jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
chéng jiù accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about HSK 3
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
jiǔ beer (loanword) HSK 3
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
cūn village HSK 3
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
fèi yòng cost; expenditure; expense HSK 3
pèi matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine HSK 3
jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
jiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
wài unexpected; accident; mishap HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
shì to fit; to suit HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
shì jiàn event; happening; incident HSK 3
shī to lose HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
liang power; force; strength HSK 3
jīn gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3