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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家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
静 靜 jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
果然 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
成就 成就 chéng jiù accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
啤酒 啤酒 pí jiǔ beer (loanword) HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
村 村 cūn village HSK 3
土 土 tǔ earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
胖 胖 pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
费用 費用 fèi yòng cost; expenditure; expense HSK 3
配合 配合 pèi hé 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
尽量 儘量 jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
赶 趕 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
烟 煙 yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
化 化 huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
香 香 xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
制作 製作 zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
旧 舊 jiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) HSK 3
钟 鐘 zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
意外 意外 yì wài unexpected; accident; mishap HSK 3
猪 豬 zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
代 代 dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
哈哈 哈哈 hā hā (onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
空 空 kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
传 傳 chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
痛 痛 tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
上面 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
适合 適合 shì hé to fit; to suit HSK 3
老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
火 火 huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
环境 環境 huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
久 久 jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
跳 跳 tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
深 㴱 shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
事件 事件 shì jiàn event; happening; incident HSK 3
失去 失去 shī qù to lose HSK 3
自然 自然 zì rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
人生 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
支 支 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
敢 敢 gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
力量 力量 lì liang power; force; strength HSK 3
金 金 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
约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3