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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Vocabulary

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ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
zhàng fu husband HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
huò perhaps; maybe HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
niú (coll.) leading light; superstar; badass; (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōu cháo Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
cūn village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhāng Qiū Cho Chang (Harry Potter) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
yóu chāi postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) ∼HSK 3
shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
cūn mín villager ∼HSK 3
shuāng miàn rén two-faced person ∼HSK 3
used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
tiě armored horse; cavalry; metal chimes hanging from eaves; steel barricade; (Tw) bike ∼HSK 3
dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head ∼HSK 3
měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3