The Village of No Return

The Village of No Return 2017

jiànwàng cūn

In a remote village, a con man disguised as a Taoist priest introduces a memory-erasing device to residents — but a dangerous plot looms.

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3.95 Beginner Director Chen Yu-hsun IMDb 6.1

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piàn jiǎ liú 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep Idiom ∼HSK 7
rèn guī zōng 认: recognize, know, understand · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 归: return; return to, revert to · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan Idiom ∼HSK 7
tiān xià 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 敌: enemy, foe, rival; resist Idiom ∼HSK 7
zhǐ huī ruò dìng 指: finger, toe; point, indicate · 挥: direct; wipe away; squander · 若: if, supposing, assuming; similar · 定: decide, settle, fix Idiom ∼HSK 7
sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
chuō to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal Colloquialism HSK 7
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill HSK 7
niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
luō suo variant of 啰嗦 HSK 7
gǎo guǐ to make mischief; to play tricks HSK 7
cháo dài dynasty; reign (of a king) HSK 7
xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow HSK 7
shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
míng guì famous and valuable; rare; precious HSK 7
da swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem HSK 7
biāo zhi beautiful (of woman); pretty HSK 7
huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say... HSK 7
huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck HSK 7
gān xīn to be willing to; to resign oneself to HSK 7
yōu chóu to be worried HSK 7
fàng wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops HSK 7
yào secondary HSK 7
huǐ hèn remorse; repentance HSK 7
dào cǎo rice straw HSK 7
yīng míng wise; brilliant HSK 7
gōng merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power HSK 7
fēng shuǐ feng shui; geomancy HSK 7
fěi bandit HSK 7
fèi jìn to require effort; strenuous HSK 7
xing memory (ability to retain information) HSK 7
guǎ fu widow HSK 7
tuǒ dang appropriate; proper; ready HSK 7
huā bàn petal HSK 7
liú liàn reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly HSK 7
daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
tǎn rán calm; undisturbed HSK 7
yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
fēng wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships HSK 7
fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
làn to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt HSK 7
mái to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush HSK 7
bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law HSK 7
qián cái wealth; money HSK 7
jiāng yìng stiff; rigid HSK 7