The Village of No Return 2017
健忘村
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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Vocabulary
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| 把风 把風 | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 升天 昇天 | lit. to ascend to heaven; to die | |
| 脸皮 臉皮 | face; cheek | |
| 费事 費事 | troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do sth | |
| 不费事 不費事 | not troublesome | |
| 牛棚 牛棚 | cowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution; (baseball) bullpen | |
| 过火 過火 | to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned | |
| 云游 雲遊 | to wander (typically of an errant priest) | |
| 死后 死後 | after death; posthumous | |
| 谋杀 謀殺 | to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 古物 古物 | antique | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 配种 配種 | to breed; mating | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 员外 員外 | landlord (old usage) | |
| 老天爷 老天爺 | God; Heavens | |
| 月光 月光 | moonlight | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 送终 送終 | to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 领到 領到 | to receive | |
| 活活 活活 | while still alive; simply; totally | |
| 一般人 一般人 | average person | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 血洗 血洗 | to carry out a bloodbath in (a place); (fig.) to wreak havoc on | |
| 会合 會合 | to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 叫春 叫春 | to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat | |
| 前世 前世 | previous generations; previous incarnation (Buddhism) | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 劲 勁 | strong, unyielding, tough, power | |
| 抓走 抓走 | to arrest | |
| 没准 沒準 | not sure; maybe | |
| 弄死 弄死 | to kill; to put to death | |
| 光光 光光 | bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 总管 總管 | to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 被子 被子 | quilt | |
| 跑步 跑步 | to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double | |
| 解开 解開 | to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery) | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time |